NYSE:SMP - Standard Motor Products Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Standard Motor Products trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SMP."

Standard Motor Products declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 26th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 15th will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Tuesday, September 4th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.64%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 14th. View Standard Motor Products' Dividend History.

Standard Motor Products declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Friday, May 18th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $20,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Standard Motor Products, Inc. (NYSE:SMP) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 26th. The auto parts company reported $0.74 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.05. The auto parts company had revenue of $286.64 million for the quarter. Standard Motor Products had a return on equity of 12.38% and a net margin of 2.66%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 8.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.81 earnings per share. View Standard Motor Products' Earnings History.

Standard Motor Products is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Standard Motor Products.

4 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Standard Motor Products' shares. Their forecasts range from $48.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate Standard Motor Products' stock price to reach $54.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Standard Motor Products.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Standard Motor Products in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Standard Motor Products.

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Headlines about SMP stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Standard Motor Products earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the auto parts company an impact score of 45.74 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Standard Motor Products.

Standard Motor Products' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (12.56%), Royce & Associates LP (10.03%), FMR LLC (8.47%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.26%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.07%) and Schroder Investment Management Group (1.59%). Company insiders that own Standard Motor Products stock include Arthur S Sills, Carmine Joseph Broccole, Dale Burks, Eric Sills, Frederick D Sturdivant, James J Burke, John P Gethin, Lawrence I Sills, Peter J Sills, Ray Nicholas and Thomas Tesoro. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Standard Motor Products.

SMP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Macquarie Group Ltd., Eagle Asset Management Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Royce & Associates LP, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Zebra Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Standard Motor Products company stock in the last year include Carmine Joseph Broccole, Dale Burks, Eric Sills, Frederick D Sturdivant, James J Burke, John P Gethin, Lawrence I Sills, Peter J Sills, Ray Nicholas and Thomas Tesoro. View Insider Buying and Selling for Standard Motor Products.

SMP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tributary Capital Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Citadel Advisors LLC, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., First National Bank of Omaha, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. and Schroder Investment Management Group. View Insider Buying and Selling for Standard Motor Products.

Shares of SMP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SMP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $51.28.

Standard Motor Products has a market capitalization of $1.09 billion and generates $1.12 billion in revenue each year. The auto parts company earns $37.97 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.83 on an earnings per share basis. Standard Motor Products employs 4,200 workers across the globe.

Standard Motor Products' mailing address is 37-18 NORTHERN BOULEVARD, LONG ISLAND CITY NY, 11101. The auto parts company can be reached via phone at 718-392-0200 or via email at [email protected]