SMP vs. AXL, THRM, DAN, LCII, DORM, LAZR, HLLY, CPS, CVGI, and GOEV
Should you be buying Standard Motor Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Standard Motor Products include American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Gentherm (THRM), Dana (DAN), LCI Industries (LCII), Dorman Products (DORM), Luminar Technologies (LAZR), Holley (HLLY), Cooper-Standard (CPS), Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI), and Canoo (GOEV). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
American Axle & Manufacturing (NYSE:AXL) and Standard Motor Products (NYSE:SMP) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and community ranking.
American Axle & Manufacturing has a beta of 2.22, meaning that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standard Motor Products has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
91.4% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of Standard Motor Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Standard Motor Products shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
American Axle & Manufacturing presently has a consensus price target of $7.70, suggesting a potential upside of 1.99%. Given Standard Motor Products' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Axle & Manufacturing is more favorable than Standard Motor Products.
American Axle & Manufacturing received 162 more outperform votes than Standard Motor Products when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.93% of users gave Standard Motor Products an outperform vote while only 57.56% of users gave American Axle & Manufacturing an outperform vote.
In the previous week, American Axle & Manufacturing had 2 more articles in the media than Standard Motor Products. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for American Axle & Manufacturing and 0 mentions for Standard Motor Products. American Axle & Manufacturing's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Standard Motor Products' score of -0.12 indicating that Standard Motor Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Standard Motor Products has a net margin of 2.51% compared to Standard Motor Products' net margin of -0.55%. American Axle & Manufacturing's return on equity of 10.09% beat Standard Motor Products' return on equity.
Standard Motor Products has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Axle & Manufacturing. American Axle & Manufacturing 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.
Summary
Standard Motor Products beats American Axle & Manufacturing on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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