Standard Motor Products, Inc. (NYSE:SMP - Free Report) - Research analysts at Zacks Research raised their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Standard Motor Products in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, May 29th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the auto parts company will earn $3.57 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $3.52. 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' Q4 2025 earnings at $0.43 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.37 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.16 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $4.12 EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $0.96 EPS.
Standard Motor Products (NYSE:SMP - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The auto parts company reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 return on equity of 10.42% and a net margin of 2.56%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 24.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.45 earnings per share.
Separately, Wall Street Zen cut shares of Standard Motor Products from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, March 3rd.
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Standard Motor Products Trading Down 0.1%
Standard Motor Products stock traded down $0.02 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $29.19. The company's stock had a trading volume of 128,909 shares, compared to its average volume of 169,389. The company has a 50 day moving average of $26.50 and a 200-day moving average of $29.07. The stock has a market cap of $641.63 million, a PE ratio of 18.02 and a beta of 0.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a current ratio of 2.25. Standard Motor Products has a one year low of $21.38 and a one year high of $35.92.
Standard Motor Products Increases Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 2nd. Investors of record on Thursday, May 15th were paid a $0.31 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, May 15th. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.25%. This is a boost from Standard Motor Products's previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. Standard Motor Products's dividend payout ratio is 88.57%.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other Standard Motor Products news, EVP Dale Burks sold 11,005 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $27.20, for a total transaction of $299,336.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 56,860 shares in the company, valued at $1,546,592. This represents a 16.22% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 5.00% of the stock is owned by insiders.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new position in shares of Standard Motor Products during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,710,000. American Century Companies Inc. boosted its position in Standard Motor Products by 21.1% during the 4th quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 497,258 shares of the auto parts company's stock valued at $15,405,000 after acquiring an additional 86,640 shares in the last quarter. Algert Global LLC bought a new stake in Standard Motor Products during the 4th quarter valued at $2,524,000. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in Standard Motor Products during the 1st quarter valued at $1,964,000. Finally, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL boosted its position in Standard Motor Products by 10.1% during the 1st quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL now owns 790,210 shares of the auto parts company's stock valued at $19,700,000 after acquiring an additional 72,753 shares in the last quarter. 81.26% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Standard Motor Products Company Profile
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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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