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Motorcar Parts of America vs Standard Motor Products

MPAA and SMP side by side, both in motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How MPAA and SMP compare

Standard Motor Products is the larger company, worth 6.9 times as much as Motorcar Parts of America ($990M against $144M).

Standard Motor Products grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.5% versus −9.1% for Motorcar Parts of America).

Standard Motor Products keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 3.8% compared with −0.08% at Motorcar Parts of America.

Standard Motor Products pays a dividend yielding 2.9%; Motorcar Parts of America does not pay one.

Standard Motor Products scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 11 for Motorcar Parts of America), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricMPAASMP
Size and price
Market cap$144M$990M
Share price$7.62$44.31
Change, 1 year−40.7%16.5%
Change, 5 years−59.7%−15.8%
Beta (5Y)1.080.73
Employees5,6005,700
StockData Score
Total score1116 (better)
Valuation score45 (better)
Growth score12 (better)
Performance score13 (better)
Health score5 (better)3
Dividend score03 (better)
Valuation
P/E–14.5×
P/S0.2× (better)0.5×
P/B0.6× (better)1.4×
EV/EBITDA2.8× (better)6.8×
P/FCF–6.8×
FCF yield−22.1%14.7% (better)
Fair value$15.78$52.31
Margin of safety51.7% (better)15.3%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)−9.1%5.5% (better)
Revenue growth, 5Y average7.9%9.7% (better)
Net income growth (TTM)−123%122% (better)
EPS growth (TTM)−236%118% (better)
EPS growth, 5Y average−11.0%−6.0% (better)
Profitability
Gross margin21.1%32.0% (better)
Operating margin6.0%8.5% (better)
Net margin−0.08%3.8% (better)
FCF margin−4.4%7.9% (better)
Return on equity−0.22%9.9% (better)
Return on invested capital9.0%10.0% (better)
Financial health
Debt / equity0.000.67 (better)
Net debt / EBITDA–1.88
Interest coverage–5.4×
Current ratio1.451.81 (better)
Altman Z-score1.182.39 (better)
Piotroski F-score77
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield–2.9%
Payout ratio–41.6%
Years of dividend growth–1
Dividend growth, 5Y average–19.9%
Buyback yield6.9% (better)0.03%
Shareholder yield6.9% (better)3.0%
Ownership
Held by institutions84.2%82.0%
Held by insiders13.2%8.1%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$202K (better)−$1.6M
Short interest, % of float5.5%4.5%

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