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 announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Monday, December 3rd. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 14th. View Standard Motor Products' Dividend History.

Standard Motor Products declared that its board has authorized a share 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 repurchase up to 2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Standard Motor Products, Inc. (NYSE:SMP) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October, 26th. The auto parts company reported $0.83 EPS for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.83. The auto parts company earned $296.62 million during the quarter. Standard Motor Products had a return on equity of 12.78% and a net margin of 2.86%. Standard Motor Products's revenue for the quarter was up 5.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.74 EPS. View Standard Motor Products' Earnings History.

Standard Motor Products is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 19th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Standard Motor Products.

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

Media coverage about SMP stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Standard Motor Products earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the auto parts company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

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Standard Motor Products' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.01%), Royce & Associates LP (10.13%), FMR LLC (8.33%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.21%), Vanguard Group Inc. (5.15%) and Vanguard Group Inc (5.15%). 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 Eagle Asset Management Inc., Tributary Capital Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Copeland Capital Management LLC, TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC, FMR LLC and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. 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, John P Gethin, 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 BlackRock Inc., Morgan Stanley, Royce & Associates LP, Vanguard Group Inc, Vanguard Group Inc., Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and PEAK6 Investments LLC. 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 $48.86.

Standard Motor Products has a market capitalization of $1.13 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.

The official website for Standard Motor Products is http://www.smpcorp.com.

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]