Park-Ohio (PKOH) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FWRD or PKOH?

Forward Air has higher revenue and earnings than Park-Ohio. Forward Air is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park-Ohio, 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
Forward Air	$2.47B	0.18	$167.35M	-$29.00	-0.50
Park-Ohio	$1.66B	0.16	$7.80M	$2.44	7.60

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FWRD or PKOH?

Forward Air received 27 more outperform votes than Park-Ohio when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.96% of users gave Park-Ohio an outperform vote while only 53.71% of users gave Forward Air an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Forward Air	Outperform Votes 333 53.71%	Underperform Votes 287 46.29%
Park-Ohio	Outperform Votes 306 60.96%	Underperform Votes 196 39.04%

Do analysts prefer FWRD or PKOH?

Forward Air currently has a consensus price target of $32.25, suggesting a potential upside of 120.74%. Given Forward Air's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Forward Air is more favorable than Park-Ohio.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Forward Air	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Park-Ohio	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is FWRD or PKOH a better dividend stock?

Forward Air pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Park-Ohio pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Forward Air pays out -3.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Park-Ohio pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Forward Air is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FWRD or PKOH?

97.0% of Forward Air shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.4% of Park-Ohio shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Forward Air shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.0% of Park-Ohio shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to FWRD or PKOH?

In the previous week, Forward Air had 11 more articles in the media than Park-Ohio. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Forward Air and 1 mentions for Park-Ohio. Park-Ohio's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Forward Air's score of 0.23 indicating that Park-Ohio is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Forward Air	Neutral
Park-Ohio	Very Positive

Is FWRD or PKOH more profitable?

Park-Ohio has a net margin of 1.01% compared to Forward Air's net margin of -31.14%. Park-Ohio's return on equity of 14.64% beat Forward Air's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Forward Air	-31.14%	-98.80%	-21.16%
Park-Ohio	1.01%	14.64%	3.26%

Which has more volatility & risk, FWRD or PKOH?

Forward Air has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park-Ohio has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Forward Air beats Park-Ohio on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.