In a filing, Standard Motor Products, Inc revealed its Chief Commercial Officer & EVP BURKS DALE unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.3 million on Mar 11 ’25. In the deal valued at $27.20 per share,11,005 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, BURKS DALE now holds 56,860 shares worth roughly $1.99 million.
Then, BURKS DALE bought 11,005 shares, generating $299,354 in total proceeds.
Before that, Nicholas Ray sold 4,730 shares. Standard Motor Products, Inc shares valued at $161,340 were divested by the CIO & VP IT at a price of $34.11 per share. As a result of the transaction, Nicholas Ray now holds 46,385 shares, worth roughly $1.62 million.
MKM Partners initiated its Standard Motor Products, Inc [SMP] rating to a Buy in a research note published on June 10, 2022; the price target was $62. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including CL King’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in late June from “a Neutral” to “a Buy”. Stephens began covering SMP with “an Overweight” recommendation on December 20, 2019. CL King revised its rating on July 09, 2018. It rated SMP as “a Neutral” which previously was an “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of SMP
On Tuesday, Standard Motor Products, Inc [NYSE:SMP] saw its stock jump 10.58% to $34.92. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 8.89%. Standard Motor Products, Inc shares have risen nearly 5.82% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 12.72% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Standard Motor Products, Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Standard Motor Products, Inc stocks on 2025-07-15, growing by 80348.0 shares to a total of 0.76 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 0.68 million shares. There was a rise of 10.64%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on February 17, 2017 when FBR & Co. resumed its ‘”a Mkt perform”‘ rating for the stock and retained the price target to $48.
