DAN vs MGA vs SMP Stock Comparison

Dana, Magna International and Standard Motor Products Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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DAN DANA Inc
$24.84 -9.3% 1M +15.2% 1Y
Market cap
$2.48B
P/E
2.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.78B
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
2 wins
MGA Magna International Inc
$64.69 +0.2% 1M +42.2% 1Y
Market cap
$17.88B
P/E
7.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$31.92B
Div. yield
–
Auto Parts Consumer Discretionary
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Standard Motor Products leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Standard Motor Products 4, Magna International 3, Dana 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDANMGASMPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.48B $17.88B $936.92M MGA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 2.4x 7.5x 18.4x DAN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.1x 9.6x 8.5x SMP
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.1% -54.1% +11.3% SMP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 7.5% 2.8% MGA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 8.3% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 2.9x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.03% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +15.2% +42.2% -1.9% MGA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.3%/yr -4.5%/yr -4.4%/yr DAN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.1% 37.0% 30.5% SMP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 61/100 75/100 SMP

Percentile Scorecard

DANMGASMP

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisDANMGASMP
Valuation 99 #4 of 203 94 #4 of 50 74 #14 of 50
Growth 75 #47 of 188 23 #38 of 49 96 #3 of 49
Profitability 75 #46 of 183 73 #13 of 46 87 #7 of 46
Financial Health 9 #197 of 216 – 60 #21 of 51
Shareholder Returns 84 #25 of 152 54 #14 of 29 57 #13 of 29
Overall 68 61 75
  • DAN ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • MGA ranked among 56 companies in Automobiles and Components
  • SMP ranked among 56 companies in Automobiles and Components

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodDANMGASMPSPY
1 month -9.3%+0.2%+1.9% +0.7%
3 months -8.2%-7.4%-1.3% +3.7%
6 months -31.9%+1.6%+2.3% +7.1%
Year to date +4.5%+21.4%+3.8% +12.8%
1 year +15.2%+42.2%-1.9% +11.9%
3 years +112.5%+35.2%+10.4% +85.2%
3 years, per year +28.6%+10.6%+3.3% +22.8%
5 years +11.9%-20.4%-20.2% +67.6%
5 years, per year +2.3%-4.5%-4.4% +10.9%
10 years +62.0%+59.2%-19.7% +262.0%
10 years, per year +4.9%+4.8%-2.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDANMGASMPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.1%37.0%30.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 46.9%30.9%29.8% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.291.250.58 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.351.14-0.06 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -69.7%-65.5%-59.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -36.2%-11.4%-15.3% -1.2%
52-week high $38.93$73.05$45.14 $779.14
52-week low $19.47$44.65$34.70 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleDANMGASMP
P/E now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 25.8x 7.7xmedian 21.7x 16.7xmedian 21.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 1.9x 0.6xmedian 0.5x 0.5xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.6x —median 8.7x 7.2xmedian 8.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 20.6xmedian 22.2x 2.7xmedian 9.4x 9.8xmedian 9.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 2.2x —median 1.0x 1.2xmedian 1.0x
PEG now vs peer median 0.02median 1.45 1.31median 1.36 1.78median 1.36

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsDANMGASMP
Revenue $7.78B $31.92B $1.84B
Gross profit – -$4.47B $587.59M
Operating income $249.00M -$5.31B $154.15M
Net income $1.06B $814.00M $51.70M
Free cash flow – $6.59B $87.23M
EPS (diluted) $9.56 $8.42 $2.23
Cash & equivalents $321.00M $1.43B –
Total debt – $20.90B $588.83M
Shares (diluted) 109.50M 282.50M 22.86M
Enterprise value $2.48B $11.90B $936.92M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricDANMGASMP
P/E 2.6x 7.7x 16.7x
P/FCF 20.6x 2.7x 9.8x
P/Operating cash flow 6.3x 4.0x 7.0x
P/S 0.3x 0.6x 0.5x
P/B 1.5x – 1.2x
P/Tangible book 1.6x – 1.6x
EV/EBITDA – – 7.2x
EV/EBIT – -4.0x 9.4x
EV/Revenue 0.3x 0.7x 0.8x
EV/FCF – 3.2x 16.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 6.3x 4.7x 11.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.02 1.31 1.78

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDANMGASMP
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.1% -54.1% 11.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -9.8% -7.6% 10.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -113.3% 18.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -42.5% 14.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 722.5% -116.1% 42.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -12.1% -55.8% 16.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 1,378% -36.9% 28.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 143.1% -5.9% 10.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 2,174% -5.6% 27.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 149.7% 5.8% 9.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 3.4% 35.4% 50.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.9% 25.9% 4.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 1.3% 115.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 8.0% 0.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDANMGASMP
Gross margin – -14.0% 32.0%
EBITDA margin – – 10.9%
Operating margin – -16.6% 8.4%
Pretax margin – 4.0% 6.8%
Net margin – 7.5% 2.8%
FCF margin – 20.7% 4.7%
Operating cash flow margin 5.4% 14.2% 6.6%
Return on equity 56.6% – 7.2%
Return on assets 17.5% – 2.5%
Return on invested capital – – 8.3%
Return on capital employed – – 10.4%
Asset turnover 1.3x – 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.4x 5.6x 2.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% – 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDANMGASMP
Debt / assets – – 28.6%
Debt / equity – – 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 2.9x
Debt / FCF – 0.7x 6.8x
Liabilities / assets 70.8% – 64.5%
Equity / assets 29.2% – 35.5%
Interest coverage – – 5.1x
Current ratio 1.1x – 2.0x
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – 2.28

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDANMGASMP
Dividend yield 1.9% 3.0% 3.4%
Net buyback yield – 0.1% 0.0%
Shareholder yield 1.9% 3.1% 3.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 54.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 32.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 8.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 5.5%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusDANMGASMP
Forward P/E 13.1xFY2026 9.6xFY2026 8.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.90FY2026 $6.73FY2026 $4.49FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +413.5%FY2026 +18.3%FY2026 +11.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +128.4% +11.9% +13.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.05BFY2026 $39.77BFY2026 $1.78BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.3%FY2026 -4.6%FY2026 -0.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +34.2% +13.2% +14.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDANMGASMP
Held by institutions 99.2% – 81.8%
Institutions holding 342 – 188
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% – +1.3%
Institutions buying 168 – 97
Institutions selling 126 – 64
Buyers to sellers 1.33 – 1.52

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

DANMGASMP
DAN 1.00 0.48 0.41
MGA 0.48 1.00 0.42
SMP 0.41 0.42 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DAN, MGA and SMP?

Magna International (MGA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Dana (DAN) $2.48B, Magna International (MGA) $17.88B, Standard Motor Products (SMP) $936.92M.

Which stock is cheaper, DAN, MGA and SMP?

Dana (DAN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Dana (DAN) 2.4x, Magna International (MGA) 7.5x, Standard Motor Products (SMP) 18.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Standard Motor Products (SMP) is cheapest (Dana (DAN) 13.1x, Magna International (MGA) 9.6x, Standard Motor Products (SMP) 8.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Standard Motor Products (SMP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Dana (DAN) +5.1%, Magna International (MGA) -54.1%, Standard Motor Products (SMP) +11.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Magna International (MGA) has the highest net margin (Magna International (MGA) 7.5%, Standard Motor Products (SMP) 2.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Magna International (MGA) returned the most: Dana (DAN) +15.2%, Magna International (MGA) +42.2%, Standard Motor Products (SMP) -1.9%. Over five years, Dana (DAN) compounded fastest (Dana (DAN) +2.3%/yr, Magna International (MGA) -4.5%/yr, Standard Motor Products (SMP) -4.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Dana (DAN) 0.00%, Magna International (MGA) 0.00%, Standard Motor Products (SMP) 0.03%. Dana (DAN) and Magna International (MGA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Standard Motor Products (SMP) has been the steadiest (Dana (DAN) 44.1%, Magna International (MGA) 37.0%, Standard Motor Products (SMP) 30.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DAN, MGA and SMP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Standard Motor Products (SMP) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.