Standard Motor Products (SMP) Competitors

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

Does the media favor DOOO or SMP?

In the previous week, BRP had 5 more articles in the media than Standard Motor Products. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for BRP and 4 mentions for Standard Motor Products. Standard Motor Products' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat BRP's score of 0.24 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Standard Motor Products	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals 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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DOOO or SMP a better dividend stock?

BRP pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Standard Motor Products pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. BRP pays out -153.7% 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. BRP has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Standard Motor Products has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, DOOO or SMP?

BRP has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standard Motor Products has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DOOO or SMP more profitable?

Standard Motor Products has a net margin of 2.02% 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	2.02%	12.12%	4.85%

Do analysts prefer DOOO or SMP?

BRP presently has a consensus price target of $43.00, suggesting a potential downside of 16.03%. Given BRP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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)	8 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
Standard Motor Products	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

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	$5.44B	0.69	-$154.60M	-$0.41	-124.90
Standard Motor Products	$1.46B	0.50	$27.50M	$1.40	23.95

Summary

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