---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000093389-25-000091"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMP"
cik: "0000093389"
company_name: "STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC."
filed_at: "2025-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:11:42.342420+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Q3 net sales $498.8M, +24.9% YoY; adj. EPS $1.36, +6.3%; guidance raised

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $498.8M (+24.9% YoY; +3.8% organic ex-Nissens); adj. diluted EPS $1.36 vs $1.28.
- Nissens segment contributed $84.5M sales with 16.8% adj. EBITDA margin; year-to-date adj. EBITDA margin up 170bps to 11.6%.
- Full-year sales guidance raised to low-to-mid 20% growth; adj. EBITDA margin tightened to 10.5%-11%.
- Board declared $0.31 quarterly dividend, payable Dec 1, 2025 to holders of record Nov 14, 2025.
- Debt leverage improved to 2.6x from 3.2x; target 2.0x by end of 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000093389-25-000091
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMP
- cik: 0000093389
- company_name: STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93389/000009338925000091/0000093389-25-000091-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93389/000009338925000091/smp-20251031.htm

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