Standard Motor Products (SMP) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.40
- Estimate
- $1.39
- Surprise
- +0.5%
- Revenue (period 2026-06-30)
- $501.6M
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.5 → 6.4/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Standard Motor Products (SMP) beat the $1.39 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.40 — effectively in line (0.5%). TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (6.5/10) to Hold at 6.4/10 after the report — the engine's score fell despite the beat.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates SMP Buy (Wait) at 5.8/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +0.5% surprise compares with a +10.4% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-10-30.
What supports the rating
- Attractive valuation
- Margin of safety: 46%
What argues against it
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.3)
- Sector modifier (Consumer Cyclical): -1.5
- Earnings in 2 days - binary event risk
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $36.89
- Entry target
- $35.93
- Price target
- $42.50
- Stop
- $34.01
- Upside to target
- +15.2%
- Reward-to-risk
- 2.5:1
The stock trades at 9.5× trailing but 7.6× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-27 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
SMP at TrendMatrix's latest read
Cyclical consumer names live and die on demand momentum — same-quarter comps and guidance carry more weight than the headline surprise.
- Industry
- Auto Parts
- Market cap
- $830.0M
- P/E (fwd)
- 7.6
- P/E (ttm)
- 9.5
- 52-week range
- $34.27–$46.00
- Off 52-week high
- 19.8%
- RSI (14)
- 50
- Volume vs avg
- 0.03×
- Score today
- 5.8/10