Standard Motor Products, Inc. manufactures and distributes replacement automotive parts in the United States and internationally. It provides ignition, emissions, and fuel delivery systems, such as air injection and induction components, air management valves, regulators and solenoids, exhaust gas recirculation components, fuel injectors and components, fuel valves, ignition coils, connectors and sockets, modules, pumps, relays and fuses, starting and charging …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.79), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Scale Supporting ProfitabilityProfitability at scale is strong (score 0.76), demonstrating competitive advantages.
Key risks
Weak or Negative Cash FlowCash generation is weak (score 0.39), limiting financial flexibility.
Standard Motor Products, Inc. ranks #19 of 60
scored companies in Auto Parts by moat score — the top 32%.
The widest moat in the group is Allison Transmission Holdings, (ALSN)
at 83/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near SMP in Auto Parts
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 59
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 53
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 67
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 49
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 60
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
What is Standard Motor Products, Inc.'s moat score?
Standard Motor Products, Inc. (SMP) scores 62 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #19 of 60 scored companies in Auto Parts, the top 32%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 59 companies in Auto Parts. Its strongest defense is Pricing Power (77/100) and its weakest is Resilience (49/100).
How does Standard Motor Products, Inc. compare with other Auto Parts companies?
Standard Motor Products, Inc. ranks #19 of 60 scored companies in Auto Parts by moat score. The widest moat in Auto Parts is Allison Transmission Holdings, (ALSN) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Miller Industries, Inc. (MLR) at 62 just above it and Aptiv PLC (APTV) at 61 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 59 companies in Auto Parts. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Standard Motor Products, Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for Standard Motor Products, Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and SMP scores: Pricing Power (77), Cost Advantage (59), Customer Stickiness (53), Capital Efficiency (67), Resilience (49), Scale & Market Position (60). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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