---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-22-006222"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMP"
cik: "0000093389"
company_name: "STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC."
filed_at: "2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T06:26:45.088991+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Standard Motor Products Q4 sales $309.9M (+9.6% YoY); FY revenue $1.30B (+15%)

## Summary
- Q4 2021 net sales $309.9M (+9.6% YoY); GAAP EPS $0.89; adjusted EPS $0.90 vs $1.08 prior year.
- Full year 2021 net sales $1.30B (+15% YoY); GAAP EPS $4.39; adjusted EPS $4.45 vs $3.61 prior year.
- Quarterly dividend raised from $0.25 to $0.27 per share; payable March 1, 2022 to holders of record Feb 15, 2022.
- Engine Management sales up 6% Q4 and 12% FY; Temperature Control up 24% FY; specialized OE business 24% of segment revenue in Q4.
- Director Richard S. Ward to retire at May 2022 annual meeting; board size reduced from 10 to 9 members.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-22-006222
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMP
- cik: 0000093389
- company_name: STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93389/000114036122006222/0001140361-22-006222-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93389/000114036122006222/brhc10034316_form8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-006222
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-006222.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-006222.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard S. Ward departed as Director at STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 17, 2022, Richard S. Ward announced that he will retire from the Board of Directors of the Company at the end of his current term of office in May 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93389/000114036122006222/0001140361-22-006222-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.