NYSE:SMP - Standard Motor Products Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Standard Motor Products announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Friday, June 1st. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.67%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, May 14th. View Standard Motor Products' Dividend History.

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

Standard Motor Products, Inc. (NYSE:SMP) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 3rd. The auto parts company reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.70 by $0.24. The auto parts company had revenue of $261.83 million for the quarter. Standard Motor Products had a net margin of 2.76% and a return on equity of 12.72%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.74 earnings per share. View Standard Motor Products' Earnings History.

3 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Standard Motor Products' shares. Their predictions range from $48.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate Standard Motor Products' stock price to reach $54.00 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Standard Motor Products.

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Headlines about SMP stock have trended positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Standard Motor Products earned a coverage optimism score of 0.30 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the auto parts company an impact score of 45.94 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

Standard Motor Products' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (11.83%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.16%), Schroder Investment Management Group (1.53%), Boston Partners (1.25%), Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. (1.11%) and Eagle Asset Management Inc. (0.94%). 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 BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Prudential Financial Inc., Opus Capital Group LLC, Boston Partners, American International Group Inc., LSV Asset Management, OppenheimerFunds Inc. and Teacher Retirement System of Texas. Company insiders that have sold Standard Motor Products company stock in the last year include Carmine Joseph Broccole, Dale Burks, Eric Sills, 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Palisade Capital Management LLC NJ, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, BlackRock Inc. and Eagle Asset Management Inc.. 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 $50.43.

Standard Motor Products has a market capitalization of $1.11 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]