Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Auto - Parts
Standard Motor Products, Inc. SMP
$37.52 +0.62% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $835.3M
Next earnings report: Oct 30, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 10 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +14.2%).
- Net debt is 3.1× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 22%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 34%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 16%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 20%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 6%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 38%
- Gross marginBottom 40%
- Operating marginTop 35%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 33%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 29%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 45%
- Interest coverTop 40%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 33%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 24%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 15%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 30%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 22%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 46%
- 6-month returnTop 40%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 49%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 31%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 42%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 11%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 9%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 26%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 37%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 38%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 45%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 18.3% | 11.3% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -19.9% | -20.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 29.3% | 31.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 9.8% | 9.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 2.5% | 4.7% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 11.3% | 18.3% | ↓ | Top 22% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -20.8% | -19.9% | ↓ | Bottom 34% |
| Gross margin | 31.5% | 29.3% | ↑ | Bottom 40% |
| Operating margin | 9.8% | 9.8% | ↓ | Top 35% |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 3.9% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.7% | 2.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 8.4% | — | Top 38% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 9.3% | — | Top 20% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.38×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -1.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.14×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 5.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 3.39%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.03%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.43%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.9%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 10
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +14.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 12
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 83%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | +0.7% | +6.0% | +2.2% | -2.7% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +12.3% | +1.3% | +5.4% | +10.0% | +5.5% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | +24.4% | -8.5% | -10.4% | -14.9% | -12.7% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | +19.3% | -4.9% | -4.1% | -3.9% | +1.2% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +33.0% | +10.6% | +17.7% | +24.9% | +26.3% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | +84.1% | +11.2% | +15.8% | +21.9% | +34.0% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | +27.0% | -5.5% | -7.3% | -14.4% | -4.8% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | +17.4% | +19.0% | +17.2% | +14.0% | +9.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $1.40 | $1.39 | +0.7% | $501.6M |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $0.82 | $0.73 | +12.3% | $451.2M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $0.56 | $0.45 | +24.4% | $385.1M |
| Oct 31, 2025 | $1.36 | $1.14 | +19.3% | $498.8M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $1.29 | $0.97 | +33.0% | $493.9M |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.81 | $0.44 | +84.1% | $413.4M |
| Feb 27, 2025 | $0.47 | $0.37 | +27.0% | $343.4M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $1.28 | $1.09 | +17.4% | $399.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 16.6× | 12.1× | 81th | Top 33% |
| P/E (forward) | 8.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.5× | — | — | Top 15% |
| EV / Sales | 0.78× | — | — | Top 30% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 10.44% | — | — | Top 24% |
| Earnings yield | 6.02% | — | — | Top 33% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 10.3× – 25.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -8.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -20.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +48.6%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -2.9%
- RSI (14)
- 47.1
- Relative volume
- 0.55×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 32.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 69th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.88
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.35
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -16.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -46.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -59.9% | 845 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 15, 2020 | Jan 29, 2021 | -27.6% | 30 days | 206 days (Nov 22, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $835.3M
- P/E (TTM)
- 16.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.26
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.84B
- Dividend yield
- 3.46%
- 52-week range
- $34.27 – $46.00
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.30B | $1.37B | $1.36B | $1.46B | $1.79B |
| Gross profit | $367.9M | $373.2M | $379.5M | $413.3M | $541.0M |
| Operating income | $140.9M | $137.9M | $141.2M | $139.2M | $184.0M |
| Net income | $90.9M | $73.0M | $63.1M | $53.6M | $41.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.02 | $3.30 | $2.85 | $2.41 | $1.84 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $399.3M | $343.4M | $413.4M | $493.9M | $498.8M | $385.1M | $451.2M | $501.6M |
| Net income | $26.6M | -$796,000 | $12.6M | $25.2M | -$4.3M | $7.9M | $17.1M | $30.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.20 | -$0.04 | $0.56 | $1.13 | -$0.20 | $0.35 | $0.75 | $1.36 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $85.6M | -$27.5M | $144.3M | $76.7M | $57.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$25.9M | -$26.0M | -$28.6M | -$44.0M | -$38.7M |
| Free cash flow | $59.7M | -$53.5M | $115.6M | $32.7M | $18.7M |
| Dividends paid | -$22.2M | -$23.4M | -$25.2M | -$25.3M | -$27.3M |
| Net share buybacks | -$26.9M | -$29.7M | $0 | -$10.4M | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $78.6M
- Total assets
- $2.06B
- Total liabilities
- $1.33B
- Total debt
- $676.1M
- Net debt
- $597.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $717.7M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | $0.33 | Sep 1, 2026 |
| May 15, 2026 | $0.33 | Jun 1, 2026 |
| Feb 13, 2026 | $0.33 | Mar 2, 2026 |
| Nov 14, 2025 | $0.31 | Dec 1, 2025 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $0.31 | Sep 2, 2025 |
| May 15, 2025 | $0.31 | Jun 2, 2025 |
| Feb 14, 2025 | $0.31 | Mar 3, 2025 |
| Nov 15, 2024 | $0.29 | Dec 2, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,125,242
- Days to cover
- 5.10
- Change vs previous report
- +22.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 2, 1983
- 5-for-2
- Dec 2, 1981
- 3-for-2
- Mar 2, 1977
- 3-for-2