Standard Motor Products (SMP) Competitors

Dana (NYSE:DAN) and Standard Motor Products (NYSE:SMP) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DAN or SMP?

96.8% of Dana shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of Standard Motor Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Dana 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend DAN or SMP?

Dana currently has a consensus price target of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 60.11%. Standard Motor Products has a consensus price target of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 84.29%. Given Standard Motor Products' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Standard Motor Products is more favorable than Dana.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dana	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Standard Motor Products	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is DAN or SMP a better dividend stock?

Dana pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Standard Motor Products pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Dana pays out -102.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Standard Motor Products pays out 100.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to DAN or SMP?

In the previous week, Dana and Dana both had 8 articles in the media. Dana's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Standard Motor Products' score of 0.44 indicating that Dana is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dana	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Standard Motor Products	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DAN or SMP?

Dana received 260 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 59.61% of users gave Dana an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dana	Outperform Votes 549 59.61%	Underperform Votes 372 40.39%
Standard Motor Products	Outperform Votes 289 64.94%	Underperform Votes 156 35.06%

Which has more volatility and risk, DAN or SMP?

Dana has a beta of 2.26, suggesting that its share price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standard Motor Products has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DAN or SMP?

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
Dana	$10.28B	0.15	$38M	-$0.39	-28.03
Standard Motor Products	$1.46B	0.34	$34.15M	$1.23	18.53

Is DAN or SMP 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
Dana	-0.55%	6.70%	1.32%
Standard Motor Products	2.56%	10.42%	5.07%

Summary

Standard Motor Products beats Dana on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.