secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC. (SMP)
CIK:        0000093389
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000093389-26-000015
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

SMP Q4 sales up 12.2%, adj. EPS $0.56 (+19.1%); FY adj. EPS $4.02 (+26.8%); dividend raised
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- Q4 net sales $385.1M (+12.2% YoY); FY net sales $1.79B (+22.4% including Nissens, +4.0% organic).
- Q4 adj. diluted EPS $0.56 (vs. $0.47); FY adj. diluted EPS $4.02 (vs. $3.17).
- FY adj. EBITDA margin 11.2% (guidance 10.5%-11%); 2026 guidance: low-mid single-digit sales growth, adj. EBITDA 11%-12%.
- Quarterly dividend increased to $0.33/share from $0.31, payable March 2, 2026 to holders of record Feb 16.
- Nissens contributed $305.4M FY sales with 15.9% adj. EBITDA margin; total net debt $546.7M, leverage 2.7x.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93389/000009338926000015/0000093389-26-000015-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93389/000009338926000015/smp-20260226.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000093389-26-000015

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