Standard Motor Products (SMP) Competitors

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

Is DAN or SMP a better dividend stock?

Dana pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Standard Motor Products pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Dana pays out -166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Standard Motor Products has raised 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 DAN or SMP?

In the previous week, Dana had 1 more articles in the media than Standard Motor Products. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Dana and 3 mentions for Standard Motor Products. Standard Motor Products' average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Dana's score of 0.92 indicating that Standard Motor Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dana	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Standard Motor Products	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts prefer DAN or SMP?

Dana presently has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.68%. Standard Motor Products has a consensus price target of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 42.34%. Given Standard Motor Products' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Standard Motor Products is more favorable than Dana.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dana	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Standard Motor Products	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DAN or SMP?

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
Dana	$9.90B	0.24	$38M	-$0.24	-66.56
Standard Motor Products	$1.55B	0.42	$34.15M	$1.40	21.08

Do institutionals & insiders believe in DAN or SMP?

96.8% of Dana shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of Standard Motor Products shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Dana shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Standard Motor Products shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is DAN or SMP 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
Dana	-0.55%	6.70%	1.32%
Standard Motor Products	2.56%	10.42%	5.07%

Which has more volatility & risk, DAN or SMP?

Dana has a beta of 2.07, meaning that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standard Motor Products has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DAN or SMP?

Dana received 263 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 59.68% of users gave Dana an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dana	Outperform Votes 552 59.68%	Underperform Votes 373 40.32%
Standard Motor Products	Outperform Votes 289 64.94%	Underperform Votes 156 35.06%

Summary

Standard Motor Products beats Dana on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.