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

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, 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.67%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 14th. View Standard Motor Products' Dividend History.

Standard Motor Products declared that its board has initiated a share repurchase plan on Friday, May 18th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $20,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Standard Motor Products, Inc. (NYSE:SMP) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 26th. The auto parts company reported $0.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.79 by $0.05. The auto parts company earned $286.64 million during the quarter. Standard Motor Products had a return on equity of 12.38% and a net margin of 2.66%. Standard Motor Products's quarterly revenue was down 8.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $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 1-year price targets for Standard Motor Products' stock. 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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.3% 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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News coverage about SMP stock has trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Standard Motor Products earned a news impact score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the auto parts company an impact score of 48.33 out of 100, meaning that recent press 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 number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.47%). 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 Arizona State Retirement System. 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 acquired 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 Anchor Capital Advisors 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 $50.32.

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]