Forensic Analysis · Parts & Accessories Manufacturing · as of Nov 9, 2026

Standard Motor Products, Inc. (SMP)

A forensic read on Standard Motor Products, Inc. built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

B · Sound & dependable

Forensic grade

Safe

Financial health

3.8

Distress distance

Clean

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

6.4%

ROE

22.4%

Revenue growth

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Standard Motor Products, Inc. earns a B (Sound & dependable) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 3.8, placing it in the Safe zone. 2 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

6.9%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 6.9% in the latest fiscal year, against 7.5% in FY2023, having run between 5.1% and 7.5% across FY2023–FY2025 with no direction held. After-tax operating profit was $72M in FY2023 and $99M in FY2025, with operating income at 6.8% of revenue in FY2023, 5.5% in FY2024 and 7.6% in FY2025. The capital base behind it grew +48% across FY2023–FY2025, from $961M to $1.4B, while the return fell 0.6 points, so the dollars added over that window earned less than the 7.5% the older base was already earning.

146% of FCF

FY2025

Shareholder returns. Returned $27M to shareholders (buybacks + dividends) in FY2025 — 146% of free cash flow, but 47% of operating cash flow. Returns run ahead of free cash flow, with the gap funded by debt or cash reserves rather than the cash the business itself throws off; the payout itself is still covered by operating cash. Counting the $8M of stock-based comp paid out in shares on top of that, the combined claim on free cash flow is 186%.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$1.79B

Revenue Growth YoY+22.4%

Revenue CAGR (2yr)+14.8%

Net Margin2.3%

Free Cash Flow$18.7M

Return on Equity6.4%

Debt / Equity0.90x

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