secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC. (SMP)
CIK:        0000093389
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000093389-25-000091
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93389/000009338925000091/0000093389-25-000091-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93389/000009338925000091/smp-20251031.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000093389-25-000091

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