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Standard Motor Products SMP

US equityMarket cap rank #3390Auto Parts
$36.92 −$0.64 (-1.70%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 9:00 am ET · After hours $36.92 0.00%
Open$37.39
Prev close$37.56
Day range$36.89 – $37.55
Volume98.2K
Market cap$824.80M
P/E (TTM)16.6
Dividend yield3.47%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership84.0%+0.08 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding236+1 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)29 buys / 21 sellsNet buying
Short interest5.04% of floatDays to cover 5.1 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share22.1%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

18%24%30%36%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$791.7K (9 inflow days, 11 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$636.2KSuper−$155.5KBig−$92.7KMid−$118.3KSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 41.1% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock18.18%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors6.37%
  • GAMCO Investors, Inc.6.36%
  • Royce & Associates, LP5.41%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.82%
  • State Street Global Advisors3.77%
  • Eric Sills2.88%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC2.85%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund72.33%
  • Individual/Insider5.27%
  • Hedge Fund4.71%
  • Private Company2.83%
  • Public Company2.57%
  • Government Pension Fund0.95%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund0.27%
  • Insurance Company0.23%

Reported short interest has risen from 3.89% to 5.04% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Nuveen Asset Management LLC Insurance Company 2026/Q3 +21,947 0.2%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +183,510 18.2%
Allianz Asset Management AG Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +150,613 0.7%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +126,601 0.9%
Morgan Stanley Public Company 2026/Q3 +115,808 1.0%
Norges Bank Investment Management Sovereign Wealth Fund 2026/Q3 +61,000 0.3%
Mission Wealth Management, LP Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +47,754 0.2%
Invesco Capital Management LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +41,819 1.9%
Royce & Associates, LP Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +38,983 5.4%
Geode Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +36,740 2.5%
Dimensional Fund Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +34,651 6.4%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +33,931 2.9%
State Street Global Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +33,411 3.8%
GuideStone Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +29,223 0.1%
Algert Global LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +29,063 1.2%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
8 Sep 2026 Carmine Broccole Chief Legal Officer Open Market Disposition -5,250 $39.24 80,458
18 Aug 2026 Dale Burks EVP, Chief Commercial Officer & Member of the Office of Chief Executive Open Market Disposition -5,798 $39.00 53,443
17 Aug 2026 Dale Burks EVP, Chief Commercial Officer & Member of the Office of Chief Executive Intent to Sell (Form 144) -3,500 $38.76 –
17 Aug 2026 Dale Burks EVP, Chief Commercial Officer & Member of the Office of Chief Executive Open Market Disposition -12,551 $38.76 59,241
13 Aug 2026 Dale Burks EVP, Chief Commercial Officer & Member of the Office of Chief Executive Intent to Sell (Form 144) -9,051 $38.71 –
7 Jun 2026 Ray Nicholas VP of Information Technology & Chief Information Officer Open Market Disposition -5,822 $39.75 40,954
31 May 2026 Ray Nicholas VP of Information Technology & Chief Information Officer Open Market Disposition -1,950 $38.28 46,776
31 May 2026 Sunil Bhandari Chief Operating Officer Other Acquisition +19,380 – 19,380
20 May 2026 Pamela Lieberman Independent Director Other Acquisition +3,321 – 59,957
20 May 2026 Joseph McDonnell Independent Director Other Acquisition +3,321 – 39,498
20 May 2026 Alisa Norris Presiding Independent Director Other Acquisition +3,321 – 32,798
20 May 2026 Patrick McClymont Independent Director Other Acquisition +3,321 – 30,919
20 May 2026 Alejandro Capparelli Independent Director Other Acquisition +3,321 – 18,115
20 May 2026 Pamela Puryear Independent Director Other Acquisition +3,321 – 16,887
3 Mar 2026 Eric Sills Chief Executive Officer Other Acquisition +6,048 – 641,936
28 Feb 2026 Carmine Broccole Chief Legal Officer Sale to Issuer -1,118 $39.68 87,084
28 Feb 2026 Carmine Broccole Chief Legal Officer Sale to Issuer -6,591 $44.19 85,268
23 Feb 2026 James Burke COO, Member of the Office of Chief Executive & Director Other Acquisition +579 – 91,551
23 Feb 2026 Carmine Broccole Chief Legal Officer Other Acquisition +3,011 – 85,268
23 Feb 2026 Dale Burks EVP, Chief Commercial Officer & Member of the Office of Chief Executive Other Acquisition +5,790 – 71,802

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 1,125,242 5.0% 5.1
31 Aug 2026 917,880 4.1% 5.9
14 Aug 2026 949,120 4.2% 6.1
31 Jul 2026 919,871 4.1% 7.8
15 Jul 2026 903,966 4.1% 7.4
30 Jun 2026 865,418 3.9% 4.2

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