Park-Ohio (PKOH) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate PKOH or FWRD?

Forward Air has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 76.95%. Given Forward Air's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Forward Air is more favorable than Park-Ohio.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Park-Ohio	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Forward Air	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PKOH or FWRD?

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
Park-Ohio	$1.66B	0.19	$7.80M	$2.44	9.05
Forward Air	$2.47B	0.24	$167.35M	-$29.00	-0.72

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

51.4% of Park-Ohio shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Forward Air shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.0% of Park-Ohio shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Forward Air shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is PKOH or FWRD a better dividend stock?

Park-Ohio pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Forward Air pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Park-Ohio pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Forward Air pays out -3.3% 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.

Is PKOH or FWRD 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
Park-Ohio	1.01%	14.64%	3.26%
Forward Air	-31.14%	-98.80%	-21.16%

Which has more volatility & risk, PKOH or FWRD?

Park-Ohio has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forward Air has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PKOH or FWRD?

Forward Air received 26 more outperform votes than Park-Ohio when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.96% of users gave Park-Ohio an outperform vote while only 53.72% of users gave Forward Air an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Park-Ohio	Outperform Votes 306 60.96%	Underperform Votes 196 39.04%
Forward Air	Outperform Votes 332 53.72%	Underperform Votes 286 46.28%

Does the media prefer PKOH or FWRD?

In the previous week, Forward Air had 6 more articles in the media than Park-Ohio. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Forward Air and 3 mentions for Park-Ohio. Park-Ohio's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Forward Air's score of 1.26 indicating that Park-Ohio is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Park-Ohio	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Forward Air	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Forward Air beats Park-Ohio on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.