Standard Motor Products, Inc. (NYSE:SMP – Free Report) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q2 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Standard Motor Products in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, October 14th. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the auto parts company will post earnings per share of $1.37 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.32. Zacks Research has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Standard Motor Products’ current full-year earnings is $3.08 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Standard Motor Products’ Q3 2026 earnings at $1.19 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.91 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $1.14 EPS and Q3 2027 earnings at $1.37 EPS.
Standard Motor Products (NYSE:SMP – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The auto parts company reported $1.29 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.97 by $0.32. Standard Motor Products had a return on equity of 12.98% and a net margin of 2.39%.The firm had revenue of $493.85 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $450.21 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.98 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 26.7% compared to the same quarter last year.
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Standard Motor Products Price Performance
Shares of Standard Motor Products stock opened at $39.41 on Thursday. Standard Motor Products has a twelve month low of $21.38 and a twelve month high of $41.75. The stock has a market capitalization of $866.63 million, a P/E ratio of 22.39 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a current ratio of 2.16, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $39.41 and its 200 day moving average price is $32.65.
Standard Motor Products Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, August 15th were paid a $0.31 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 15th. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.1%. Standard Motor Products’s payout ratio is 70.45%.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of SMP. CSM Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Standard Motor Products in the second quarter worth about $6,024,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its holdings in Standard Motor Products by 368.2% during the 2nd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 221,147 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $6,794,000 after buying an additional 173,912 shares during the last quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL lifted its holdings in Standard Motor Products by 21.1% during the 2nd quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL now owns 956,691 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $29,390,000 after buying an additional 166,481 shares during the last quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in Standard Motor Products by 165.5% during the 2nd quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. now owns 162,041 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $4,978,000 after buying an additional 101,008 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in Standard Motor Products in the second quarter worth $2,905,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 81.26% of the company’s stock.
Standard Motor Products Company Profile
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.
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