Standard Motor Products (SMP) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
Standard Motor Products posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 9.61% for Q1 2026, up 330.0% year-on-year from 2.23% in Q1 2025, and up 6.87% on a QoQ basis from 8.99% in Q4 2025.
Standard Motor Products (SMP) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 9.61% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 330.0% year-over-year to 9.61%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 9.61% (up 330.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 9.67%, up 245.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 9.61%, up from 8.99% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 10.81% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 1.16% in Q3 2022.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 8.46% (2024), against an average of 7.66%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed slumped 2164 bps; it then surged 945 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 10.81% in 2022, then slipped by 14 bps to 9.34% in 2023, then dropped by 25 bps to 7.04% in 2024, then gained by 28 bps to 8.99% in 2025, then climbed by 7 bps to 9.61% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 9.61% (Q1 2026), 8.99% (Q4 2025), and 8.12% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O Reilly Automotive | 77.46 Bn | 77.21 Bn | 2.35 Bn | 47.39% |
| 2 | Autozone | 56.88 Bn | 56.59 Bn | 2.24 Bn | 34.99% |
| 3 | Genuine Parts | 13.45 Bn | 12.97 Bn | 2.34 Bn | 8.77% |
| 4 | Modine Manufacturing | 13.16 Bn | 13.07 Bn | 186.10 Mn | 17.03% |
| 5 | Borgwarner | 13.07 Bn | 13.23 Bn | 677.00 Mn | 6.02% |
| 6 | Aptiv | 11.89 Bn | 8.82 Bn | 920.00 Mn | 5.79% |
| 7 | Magna International | 10.79 Bn | 9.60 Bn | 1.42 Bn | 18.41% |
| 8 | Allison Transmission Holdings | 9.02 Bn | 8.71 Bn | 406.00 Mn | 13.44% |
| 9 | Autoliv | 9.01 Bn | 8.66 Bn | 526.00 Mn | 22.07% |
| 10 | Standard Motor Products | 833.26 Mn | 847.51 Mn | 139.17 Mn | 9.61% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 9.61% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.99% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 8.12% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 7.35% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 6.31% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.04% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 8.58% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 8.18% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 8.46% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.34% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 10.61% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 10.10% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 10.14% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 10.81% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.16% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.76% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.70% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.80% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 19.42% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 23.40% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 18.97% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 16.72% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 14.88% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 13.08% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 15.83% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 15.45% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 4.92% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 4.78% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 4.19% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 3.13% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 14.71% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 15.44% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 17.64% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 18.62% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 5.83% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 7.43% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 8.48% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 6.91% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 9.29% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 9.98% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 7.08% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 5.90% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 6.31% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 6.28% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 5.52% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 6.63% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 5.85% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 6.49% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 8.78% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 7.34% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 8.70% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 9.60% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 9.08% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 6.33% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 18.16% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 20.02% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 19.69% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 21.05% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 10.66% |