Park-Ohio (PKOH) Competitors

Mayville Engineering (NYSE:MEC) and Park-Ohio (NASDAQ:PKOH) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Do analysts recommend MEC or PKOH?

Mayville Engineering currently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.68%. Given Mayville Engineering's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mayville Engineering is more favorable than Park-Ohio.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mayville Engineering	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Park-Ohio	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MEC or PKOH?

Park-Ohio received 215 more outperform votes than Mayville Engineering when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.09% of users gave Park-Ohio an outperform vote while only 56.77% of users gave Mayville Engineering an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mayville Engineering	Outperform Votes 88 56.77%	Underperform Votes 67 43.23%
Park-Ohio	Outperform Votes 303 61.09%	Underperform Votes 193 38.91%

Which has more risk and volatility, MEC or PKOH?

Mayville Engineering has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park-Ohio has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MEC or PKOH more profitable?

Mayville Engineering has a net margin of 1.69% compared to Park-Ohio's net margin of 1.09%. Park-Ohio's return on equity of 14.72% beat Mayville Engineering's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mayville Engineering	1.69%	5.81%	2.69%
Park-Ohio	1.09%	14.72%	3.10%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, MEC or PKOH?

Mayville Engineering has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Park-Ohio. Park-Ohio is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mayville Engineering, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mayville Engineering	$588.42M	0.75	$7.84M	$0.52	41.33
Park-Ohio	$1.66B	0.22	$7.80M	$1.40	20.17

Does the media prefer MEC or PKOH?

In the previous week, Park-Ohio had 2 more articles in the media than Mayville Engineering. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Park-Ohio and 5 mentions for Mayville Engineering. Mayville Engineering's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Park-Ohio's score of 0.26 indicating that Mayville Engineering is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mayville Engineering	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Park-Ohio	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MEC or PKOH?

45.4% of Mayville Engineering shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.4% of Park-Ohio shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of Mayville Engineering shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.0% of Park-Ohio shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Park-Ohio beats Mayville Engineering on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.