Standard Motor Products (NYSE:SMP – Get Free Report) and ECARX (NASDAQ:ECX – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Standard Motor Products and ECARX’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Standard Motor Products | 2.51% | 12.98% | 4.50% |
| ECARX | -6.23% | N/A | -8.48% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Standard Motor Products and ECARX, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Standard Motor Products | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 |
| ECARX | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
Risk and Volatility
Standard Motor Products has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ECARX has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
81.3% of Standard Motor Products shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Standard Motor Products shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of ECARX shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Standard Motor Products and ECARX”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Standard Motor Products | $1.79 billion | 0.48 | $41.33 million | $2.04 | 18.75 |
| ECARX | $847.90 million | 0.45 | -$66.04 million | ($0.15) | -7.07 |
Standard Motor Products has higher revenue and earnings than ECARX. ECARX 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.
Summary
Standard Motor Products beats ECARX on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Standard Motor Products
Standard Motor Products, Inc. manufactures and distributes replacement automotive parts in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Vehicle Control, Temperature Control, and Engineered Solutions segments. The company provides components for the 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 related components, fuel valves, ignition coils, connectors and sockets, modules, pumps, relays and fuses, starting and charging system parts, and vapor and purge components. It also offers electrical switches and actuators; chassis and drivetrain sensors, such as anti-lock brake and vehicle speed sensors; fluid level sensors; pressure sensors comprising tire pressure monitoring; temperature sensors; sensors for advanced driver assistance systems; battery cables, pigtails, and sockets, as well as various electrical wire, terminals, connectors, and tools for servicing a vehicle’s electrical system; and spark plug, coil on plug boots, and ignition system accessories. In addition, the company offers AC system components that include compressors, air conditioning repair kits, connecting lines, heat exchangers, and expansion devices; parts that provide engine, transmission, electric drive motor, and battery temperature management; thermal management products, sensors, switches, power distribution, electrification and electronics, injections and fuel delivery, ignition and emissions, and clamping devices for commercial and light vehicles, construction, agriculture, power sports, marine, hydraulics, and lawn and garden sectors. It serves retailers and distributors, original equipment manufacturers and their suppliers, system integrators, and original equipment service part manufacturers. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Long Island City, New York.
About ECARX
ECARX Holdings Inc. develops a full stack automotive computing platform to shape the interaction between people and cars by rapidly advancing the technology by smart mobility worldwide. It offers system on chips, central computing platforms, operating systems, and software. Its core products include infotainment head units, digital cockpits, vehicle chip-set solutions, core operating system, and integrated software stack. The company has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Black Sesame Technologies. The company is based in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.
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