SMP vs. DAN, THRM, AXL, SRI, SUP, APTV, BWA, GNTX, LEA, and ALSN
Should you be buying Standard Motor Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Standard Motor Products include Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Stoneridge (SRI), Superior Industries International (SUP), Aptiv (APTV), BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), and Allison Transmission (ALSN). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
Standard Motor Products (NYSE:SMP) and Dana (NYSE:DAN) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
Dana received 245 more outperform votes than Standard Motor Products when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.01% of users gave Standard Motor Products an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave Dana an outperform vote.
Standard Motor Products currently has a consensus target price of $42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.76%. Dana has a consensus target price of $16.67, suggesting a potential upside of 18.54%. Given Standard Motor Products' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Standard Motor Products is more favorable than Dana.
Standard Motor Products has a net margin of 2.28% compared to Dana's net margin of 0.12%. Standard Motor Products' return on equity of 9.48% beat Dana's return on equity.
81.3% of Standard Motor Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Dana shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Standard Motor Products shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Dana shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Standard Motor Products pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Dana pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Standard Motor Products pays out 83.5% 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 444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Standard Motor Products is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Standard Motor Products had 4 more articles in the media than Dana. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Standard Motor Products and 2 mentions for Dana. Dana's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Standard Motor Products' score of -0.38 indicating that Dana is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dana has higher revenue and earnings than Standard Motor Products. Standard Motor Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Standard Motor Products has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dana has a beta of 2.46, suggesting that its share price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Standard Motor Products beats Dana on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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