SMP Stock Analysis: Standard Motor Products | NYSE
Auto Parts | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 819m USD | 12M Return: -3.7% | US8536661056 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 4.82M
EPS Trend: 89.4%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 96.5%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 11.7 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Standard Motor Products, Inc. (NYSE: SMP) is a U.S.-headquartered manufacturer and distributor of replacement automotive parts, operating across the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico, and Poland. Founded in 1919 and based in Long Island City, New York, the company organizes its business into four reporting segments: Vehicle Control, Temperature Control, Nissens Automotive, and Engineered Solutions.
Its product portfolio spans ignition, emissions, and fuel delivery components; electrical switches, sensors, and wiring; thermal and air conditioning systems; and engineered solutions serving commercial vehicles, construction, agriculture, power sports, marine, hydraulics, and lawn and garden applications. SMP sells through a diversified channel mix that includes retailers, warehouse distributors, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their suppliers, system integrators, and OEM service part manufacturers.
The company operates within the automotive aftermarket parts sector, a business model that is largely tied to the installed base of vehicles already on the road rather than new vehicle sales, which can provide some insulation from new-car production cycles. Its broad product coverage across multiple vehicle systems and end-markets is designed to capture replacement demand across both light-duty and commercial applications.
- Aging US vehicle fleet boosts replacement parts demand
- Nissens Automotive acquisition expands European revenue base
- Input cost inflation and tariffs pressure gross margins
| Net Income: 51.0m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.04 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 2.21 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 31.15% < 20% (prev 34.71%; Δ -3.56% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.06 > 3% & CFO 121.6m > Net Income 51.0m |
| Net Debt (684.7m) to EBITDA (201.6m): 3.40 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.00 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (22.8m) vs 12m ago 1.71% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 31.48% > 18% (prev 29.29%; Δ 2.19% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 90.30% > 50% (prev 82.19%; Δ 8.11% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 4.95 > 6 (EBIT TTM 156.0m / Interest Expense TTM 31.5m) |
| A: 0.28 (Total Current Assets 1.14b - Total Current Liabilities 570.2m) / Total Assets 2.06b |
| B: 0.30 (Retained Earnings 622.3m / Total Assets 2.06b) |
| C: 0.08 (EBIT TTM 156.0m / Avg Total Assets 2.03b) |
| D: 0.54 (Book Value of Equity 717.7m / Total Liabilities 1.33b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 3.89 = AA |
| DSRI: 0.98 (Receivables 358.4m/327.3m, Revenue 1.84b/1.65b) |
| GMI: 0.93 (GM 29.29% / 31.48%) |
| AQI: 0.95 (AQ_t 0.31 / AQ_t-1 0.32) |
| SGI: 1.11 (Revenue 1.84b / 1.65b) |
| TATA: -0.03 (NI 51.0m - CFO 121.6m) / TA 2.06b) |
| Beneish M = -3.05 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of October 15, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 36.25 with a total of 123,964 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -1.81%, over one month by -5.23%, over three months by -1.69% and over the past year by -3.69%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 35.00 (which is 3.4% or 1.3 ATR below the current price).
Standard Motor Products has received a consensus analysts rating of 5.00. Therefore, it is recommended to buy SMP.
- StrongBuy: 3
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 50 | 37.9% |
P/E Trailing = 9.3308
P/E Forward = 7.5529
P/S = 0.446
P/B = 1.1613
P/EG = 0.5281
Revenue TTM = 1.84b USD
EBIT TTM = 156.0m USD
EBITDA TTM = 201.6m USD
Long Term Debt = 534.2m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 54.6m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 763.3m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 87.2m
Net Debt = 684.7m USD (calculated: Debt 763.3m - CCE 78.6m)
Enterprise Value = 1.50b USD (819.2m + Debt 763.3m - CCE 78.6m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 4.95 (Ebit TTM 156.0m / Interest Expense TTM 31.5m)
EV/FCF = 17.24x (Enterprise Value 1.50b / FCF TTM 87.2m)
FCF Yield = 5.80% (FCF TTM 87.2m / Enterprise Value 1.50b)
FCF Margin = 4.75% (FCF TTM 87.2m / Revenue TTM 1.84b)
Net Margin = 2.78% (Net Income TTM 51.0m / Revenue TTM 1.84b)
Gross Margin = 31.48% ((Revenue TTM 1.84b - Cost of Revenue TTM 1.26b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 32.82% (prev 30.85%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.73 (Enterprise Value 1.50b / Total Assets 2.06b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 4.13% (Interest Expense 31.5m / Debt 763.3m)
Taxrate = 27.78% (34.6m / 124.5m)
NOPAT = 112.7m (EBIT 156.0m * (1 - 27.78%))
Current Ratio = 2.00 (Total Current Assets 1.14b / Total Current Liabilities 570.2m)
Debt / Equity = 1.06 (Debt 763.3m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 717.7m)
Debt / EBITDA = 3.40 (Net Debt 684.7m / EBITDA 201.6m)
Debt / FCF = 7.85 (Net Debt 684.7m / FCF TTM 87.2m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 693.0m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 2.51% (Net Income 51.0m / Total Assets 2.06b)
RoE = 7.36% (Net Income TTM 51.0m / Total Stockholder Equity 693.0m)
RoCE = 12.71% (EBIT 156.0m / Capital Employed (Equity 693.0m + L.T.Debt 534.2m))
RoIC = 7.68% (NOPAT 112.7m / Invested Capital 1.47b)
WACC = 6.12% (E(819.2m)/V(1.58b) * Re(9.05%) + D(763.3m)/V(1.58b) * Rd(4.13%) * (1-Tc(0.28)))
Discount Rate = 9.05% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 65.27 | Cagr: 0.86%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈68.6m ; Y1≈78.6m ; Y5≈115.7m
[DCF] Fair Price = 47.27 (EV 1.74b - Net Debt 684.7m = Equity 1.06b / Shares 22.3m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 89.44 | EPS CAGR: 15.68% | SUE: -0.16 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 96.45 | Revenue CAGR: 14.08% | SUE: -0.52 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=1.41 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=-50% | Analysts=3
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=4.24 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=-50% | GrowthEPS=+5.5% | GrowthRev=+4.7%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=4.88 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+15.2% | GrowthRev=+3.2%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -55% (up=1, down=7)