Standard Motor Products (SMP) Competitors

Standard Motor Products (NYSE:SMP) and Dana (NYSE:DAN) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Is SMP or DAN a better dividend stock?

Standard Motor Products pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Dana pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Standard Motor Products pays out 88.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Dana pays out -166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Standard Motor Products has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Standard Motor Products is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer SMP or DAN?

In the previous week, Dana had 1 more articles in the media than Standard Motor Products. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Dana and 4 mentions for Standard Motor Products. Standard Motor Products' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Dana's score of 0.00 indicating that Standard Motor Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Standard Motor Products	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dana	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better valuation & earnings, SMP or DAN?

Dana has higher revenue and earnings than Standard Motor Products. Dana is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standard Motor Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Standard Motor Products	$1.55B	0.44	$34.15M	$1.40	22.03
Dana	$9.90B	0.26	$38M	-$0.24	-73.73

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SMP or DAN?

Dana received 266 more outperform votes than Standard Motor Products when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.94% of users gave Standard Motor Products an outperform vote while only 59.81% of users gave Dana an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Standard Motor Products	Outperform Votes 289 64.94%	Underperform Votes 156 35.06%
Dana	Outperform Votes 555 59.81%	Underperform Votes 373 40.19%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SMP or DAN?

81.3% of Standard Motor Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Dana shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Standard Motor Products shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Dana shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, SMP or DAN?

Standard Motor Products has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dana has a beta of 2.11, suggesting that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SMP or DAN?

Dana has a consensus target price of $18.57, suggesting a potential upside of 4.95%. Given Dana's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dana is more favorable than Standard Motor Products.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Standard Motor Products	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Dana	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Is SMP or DAN more profitable?

Standard Motor Products has a net margin of 2.56% compared to Dana's net margin of -0.55%. Standard Motor Products' return on equity of 10.42% beat Dana's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Standard Motor Products	2.56%	10.42%	5.07%
Dana	-0.55%	6.70%	1.32%

Summary

Standard Motor Products beats Dana on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.