Genuine’s product lineup gives it an edge

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Strong demand for replacement car parts due to a shortage of new cars continue to boost earnings at Genuine Parts and Snap-On. Still, we feel Genuine is the better pick for your new buying due to its wider product range. GENUINE PARTS CO. $171 is a buy. The company (New York symbol GPC; Income Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 143.2 million; Market cap: $24.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; Dividend yield: 2.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.genpt.com) is a leading seller of replacement auto parts. It also distributes a wide variety of industrial parts such as bearings, seals, pumps and hoses. Genuine recently paid $1.3 billion for Kaman Distribution Group, which distributes a range of automation and industrial components to over 50,000 customers in the U.S. Thanks to the new operations, Genuine’s sales in the three months ended September 30, 2022, rose 17.8%, to $5.68 billion from $4.82 billion a year earlier. If you factor out acquisitions, sales gained 12.7%. Earnings gained 17.3%, to $317.3 million…