Growth Metrics

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

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DateValue
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%