Standard Motor Products vs XPEL
Standard Motor Products reported revenue of $1.8 billion in fiscal 2025, 3.8 times XPEL's $476 million in fiscal 2025. Standard Motor Products' revenue grew 22.4% in its latest year, and XPEL's grew 13.3%. Standard Motor Products had an operating margin of 7.6%, against 13.2% at XPEL. Free cash flow was $19 million at Standard Motor Products and $63 million at XPEL.
Side by side
| Standard Motor Products | XPEL | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 |
| Revenue | $1.8B | $476M |
| Revenue growth | 22.4% | 13.3% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 9.7% | 24.5% |
| Gross margin | 31.2% | 42.2% |
| Operating margin | 7.6% | 13.2% |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 10.8% |
| Free cash flow | $19M | $63M |
| Free cash flow margin | 1.0% | 13.2% |
| Return on capital | 8.2% | 23.0% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 3.0x | −0.7x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $27M | $3M |
| Change in diluted share count | 1.1% | 0.1% |
| Last close | $37.28 | $42.40 |
| P/E at the last close | 16.6× | 21.5× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | sold $1.8 million | — |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 of 9 | 5 of 9 |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Standard Motor Products and XPEL pages.