SMP vs. DOOO, DORM, FOXF, LKQ, TSLA, WNC, DAN, LCII, THRM, and TEN
Should you be buying Standard Motor Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Standard Motor Products include BRP (DOOO), Dorman Products (DORM), Fox Factory (FOXF), LKQ (LKQ), Tesla (TSLA), Wabash National (WNC), Dana (DAN), LCI Industries (LCII), Gentherm (THRM), and Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN).
Standard Motor Products vs. Its 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 institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and risk.
81.3% of Standard Motor Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Standard Motor Products shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
BRP pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Standard Motor Products pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. 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 increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Standard Motor Products has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
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.
In the previous week, BRP had 4 more articles in the media than Standard Motor Products. MarketBeat recorded 8 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 0.32 indicating that Standard Motor Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BRP currently has a consensus price target of $43.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.03%. Given BRP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe BRP is more favorable than Standard Motor Products.
Summary
BRP beats Standard Motor Products on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:SMP) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
