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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Which has better valuation and 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	0.43	$34.15M	$1.40	21.53
Dana	$9.90B	0.24	$38M	-$0.24	-68.10

Which has more volatility and risk, SMP or DAN?

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

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%

Do analysts recommend SMP or DAN?

Standard Motor Products currently has a consensus target price of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 39.36%. Dana has a consensus target price of $18.14, indicating a potential upside of 11.01%. Given Standard Motor Products' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Standard Motor Products is more favorable than Dana.

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

Does the media refer more to SMP or DAN?

In the previous week, Standard Motor Products had 2 more articles in the media than Dana. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Standard Motor Products and 2 mentions for Dana. Dana's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Standard Motor Products' score of 0.28 indicating that Dana is being referred to more favorably in the news 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)	Neutral
Dana	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals 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, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 4.1%. Dana pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. 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 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 MarketBeat Community prefer SMP or DAN?

Dana received 262 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 59.70% 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 551 59.70%	Underperform Votes 372 40.30%

Summary

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