Standard Motor Products (SMP) Competitors

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

Is DOOO or SMP a better dividend stock?

BRP pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Standard Motor Products pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. BRP pays out -153.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Standard Motor Products pays out 70.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. BRP has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Standard Motor Products has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DOOO or SMP?

Standard Motor Products has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BRP. BRP 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
BRP	$7.68B	0.55	-$154.60M	-$0.41	-140.22
Standard Motor Products	$1.46B	0.58	$27.50M	$1.76	21.88

Do analysts recommend DOOO or SMP?

BRP presently has a consensus target price of $43.00, suggesting a potential downside of 25.20%. Given BRP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe BRP is more favorable than Standard Motor Products.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BRP	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
Standard Motor Products	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DOOO or SMP?

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

Which has more volatility and risk, DOOO or SMP?

BRP has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standard Motor Products has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DOOO or SMP more profitable?

Standard Motor Products has a net margin of 2.39% compared to BRP's net margin of -0.55%. BRP's return on equity of 54.71% beat Standard Motor Products' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BRP	-0.55%	54.71%	3.88%
Standard Motor Products	2.39%	12.98%	4.83%

Does the media refer more to DOOO or SMP?

In the previous week, BRP had 7 more articles in the media than Standard Motor Products. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for BRP and 4 mentions for Standard Motor Products. Standard Motor Products' average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat BRP's score of 0.74 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
BRP	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Standard Motor Products	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

BRP and Standard Motor Products tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.