Roth Capital Has Negative Outlook for SMP Q2 Earnings

Standard Motor Products, Inc. (NYSE:SMP - Free Report) - Research analysts at Roth Capital dropped their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for Standard Motor Products in a research report issued on Thursday, May 1st. Roth Capital analyst S. Stember now forecasts that the auto parts company will post earnings per share of $0.99 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.18. 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' Q3 2025 earnings at $1.39 EPS and Q1 2026 earnings at $0.75 EPS.

Standard Motor Products (NYSE:SMP - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The auto parts company reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.44 by $0.37. The firm had revenue of $413.38 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $394.38 million. Standard Motor Products had a net margin of 2.56% and a return on equity of 10.42%. The company's revenue was up 24.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.45 earnings per share.

Separately, StockNews.com cut Standard Motor Products from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, March 3rd.

Standard Motor Products Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:SMP traded down $0.04 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $28.57. The company had a trading volume of 21,601 shares, compared to its average volume of 167,104. Standard Motor Products has a one year low of $21.38 and a one year high of $35.92. The company's 50-day moving average price is $25.29 and its 200-day moving average price is $29.46. The firm has a market cap of $628.00 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.64 and a beta of 0.62. The company has a current ratio of 2.25, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of SMP. Aquatic Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Standard Motor Products in the 4th quarter valued at about $30,000. Versant Capital Management Inc boosted its position in shares of Standard Motor Products by 147.2% during the 4th quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 1,031 shares of the auto parts company's stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 614 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Standard Motor Products by 188.3% during the 1st quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 2,295 shares of the auto parts company's stock valued at $57,000 after acquiring an additional 1,499 shares during the period. Farther Finance Advisors LLC increased its stake in Standard Motor Products by 20.6% during the 4th quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 2,651 shares of the auto parts company's stock worth $82,000 after buying an additional 453 shares during the period. Finally, Central Pacific Bank Trust Division boosted its position in Standard Motor Products by 68.0% in the 1st quarter. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division now owns 4,200 shares of the auto parts company's stock valued at $105,000 after buying an additional 1,700 shares during the period. 81.26% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Dale Burks sold 11,005 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $27.20, for a total value of $299,336.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 56,860 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,546,592. This represents a 16.22 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders own 5.00% of the company's stock.

Standard Motor Products Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 2nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.31 per share. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.34%. This is a boost from Standard Motor Products's previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 15th. Standard Motor Products's dividend payout ratio is presently 88.57%.

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.