Standard Motor Products (SMP) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, SMP or DOOO?

Standard Motor Products has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BRP has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SMP or DOOO?

Standard Motor Products has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Standard Motor Products	$1.46B	0.60	$27.50M	$1.76	22.84
BRP	$5.44B	0.87	-$154.60M	-$0.24	-271.04

Is SMP or DOOO more profitable?

Standard Motor Products has a net margin of 2.39% compared to BRP's net margin of -0.34%. BRP's return on equity of 61.26% beat Standard Motor Products' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Standard Motor Products	2.39%	12.98%	4.83%
BRP	-0.34%	61.26%	4.21%

Is SMP or DOOO a better dividend stock?

Standard Motor Products pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. BRP pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Standard Motor Products pays out 70.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BRP pays out -262.5% 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. Standard Motor Products has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and BRP has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Do analysts prefer SMP or DOOO?

BRP has a consensus price target of $71.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.92%. Given BRP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BRP 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
BRP	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Does the media refer more to SMP or DOOO?

In the previous week, BRP had 6 more articles in the media than Standard Motor Products. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for BRP and 3 mentions for Standard Motor Products. Standard Motor Products' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat BRP's score of 0.89 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)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BRP	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

BRP beats Standard Motor Products on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.