Brokers Offer Predictions for SMP Q1 Earnings

Standard Motor Products, Inc. (NYSE:SMP) – Analysts at Roth Capital issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Standard Motor Products in a research note issued to investors on Monday, March 3rd. Roth Capital analyst S. Stember expects that the auto parts company will post earnings of $0.43 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Standard Motor Products’ current full-year earnings is $3.08 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Standard Motor Products’ Q2 2025 earnings at $1.18 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.46 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.41 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.48 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.56 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.12 EPS.

Standard Motor Products (NYSE:SMP) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 27th. The auto parts company reported $0.47 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.37 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $343.35 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $292.50 million. Standard Motor Products had a net margin of 2.56% and a return on equity of 10.42%.

Separately, StockNews.com lowered shares of Standard Motor Products from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday.

Standard Motor Products Stock Down 0.6 %

Standard Motor Products stock opened at $27.92 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $606.37 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.23 and a beta of 0.52. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 2.25 and a quick ratio of 0.82. Standard Motor Products has a fifty-two week low of $26.09 and a fifty-two week high of $35.92. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $30.69 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $31.73.

Institutional Trading of Standard Motor Products

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Standard Motor Products by 5.9% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 485,299 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $16,115,000 after acquiring an additional 27,210 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its stake in Standard Motor Products by 2.6% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 783,593 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $26,015,000 after acquiring an additional 19,652 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. bought a new stake in Standard Motor Products in the third quarter valued at about $3,876,000. Intech Investment Management LLC increased its stake in Standard Motor Products by 274.6% in the third quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 37,119 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $1,232,000 after acquiring an additional 27,210 shares during the period. Finally, Readystate Asset Management LP bought a new stake in Standard Motor Products in the third quarter valued at about $649,000. Institutional investors own 81.26% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, VP Ray Nicholas sold 4,730 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $34.11, for a total transaction of $161,340.30. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president now owns 46,385 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,582,192.35. This represents a 9.25 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. 5.00% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Standard Motor Products Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th were given a dividend of $0.29 per share. This represents a $1.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.16%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 14th. Standard Motor Products’s dividend payout ratio is currently 100.81%.

About Standard Motor Products

Standard Motor Products, Inc manufactures and distributes replacement automotive parts in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Vehicle Control, Temperature Control, and Engineered Solutions segments. The company provides components for the ignition, emissions, and fuel delivery systems, such as air injection and induction components, air management valves, regulators and solenoids, exhaust gas recirculation components, fuel injectors and related components, fuel valves, ignition coils, connectors and sockets, modules, pumps, relays and fuses, starting and charging system parts, and vapor and purge components.