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$24.17 -0.34 (-1.39%)
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PKOH vs. FWRD, UPS, FDX, XPO, EXPD, RKLB, CHRW, HUBG, ATSG, and TRS

Should you be buying Park-Ohio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Park-Ohio include Forward Air (FWRD), United Parcel Service (UPS), FedEx (FDX), XPO (XPO), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Hub Group (HUBG), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), and TriMas (TRS).

Park-Ohio vs.

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

Forward Air pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Park-Ohio pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Forward Air pays out -4.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Park-Ohio pays out 40.0% 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.

In the previous week, Forward Air had 1 more articles in the media than Park-Ohio. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Forward Air and 0 mentions for Park-Ohio. Forward Air's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Park-Ohio's score of 0.00 indicating that Forward Air is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Forward Air Neutral
Park-Ohio Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Forward Air$2.18B0.38$167.35M-$23.83-1.21
Park-Ohio$1.66B0.20$7.80M$1.2519.34

Forward Air presently has a consensus target price of $35.67, suggesting a potential upside of 23.50%. Given Forward Air's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Park-Ohio
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Forward Air received 27 more outperform votes than Park-Ohio when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.12% of users gave Park-Ohio an outperform vote while only 53.81% of users gave Forward Air an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Forward AirOutperform Votes
332
53.81%
Underperform Votes
285
46.19%
Park-OhioOutperform Votes
305
61.12%
Underperform Votes
194
38.88%

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

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%

Forward Air has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park-Ohio has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

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PKOH vs. The Competition

MetricPark-OhioMetal forgings & stampings IndustryIndustrial SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$339.35M$603.12M$9.06B$9.02B
Dividend Yield2.01%1.07%2.09%3.85%
P/E Ratio19.3485.9417.0418.96
Price / Sales0.200.684.3677.29
Price / Cash4.647.3022.2537.47
Price / Book1.091.194.514.69
Net Income$7.80M$21.97M$424.79M$245.69M
7 Day Performance-4.99%-1.54%-2.20%-1.85%
1 Month Performance-5.10%-6.30%-5.33%-1.54%
1 Year Performance-1.63%15.14%29.60%14.60%

Park-Ohio Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PKOH
Park-Ohio
N/A$24.17
-1.4%
N/A+1.0%$339.35M$1.66B19.346,300
FWRD
Forward Air
1.7441 of 5 stars
$32.06
-0.5%
$35.67
+11.2%
-25.8%$928.14M$1.37B-1.354,251Upcoming Earnings
UPS
United Parcel Service
4.8421 of 5 stars
$114.18
+0.9%
$140.73
+23.3%
-21.6%$97.43B$91.07B16.89500,000Ex-Dividend
Positive News
FDX
FedEx
4.9696 of 5 stars
$258.26
+0.9%
$321.87
+24.6%
+12.0%$62.20B$87.69B16.46430,000Dividend Announcement
Positive News
XPO
XPO
4.7106 of 5 stars
$146.21
-1.3%
$156.35
+6.9%
+11.8%$17.02B$8.07B45.2738,000
EXPD
Expeditors International of Washington
3.4907 of 5 stars
$112.50
+1.9%
$117.44
+4.4%
+1.4%$15.75B$9.30B21.9318,000Analyst Forecast
RKLB
Rocket Lab USA
2.2942 of 5 stars
$30.60
+11.6%
$22.28
-27.2%
+423.0%$15.30B$244.59M-82.701,650Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
CHRW
C.H. Robinson Worldwide
4.6212 of 5 stars
$99.34
+2.8%
$117.17
+17.9%
+40.2%$11.74B$17.72B25.8015,246Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
HUBG
Hub Group
2.8441 of 5 stars
$41.75
+0.7%
$48.09
+15.2%
+0.0%$2.56B$3.95B24.565,950
ATSG
Air Transport Services Group
2.9378 of 5 stars
$22.24
+0.0%
$20.60
-7.4%
+58.0%$1.46B$1.96B-555.865,095
TRS
TriMas
4.0953 of 5 stars
$24.02
+1.1%
$40.00
+66.5%
-8.1%$974.54M$906.52M37.533,400Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement

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This page (NASDAQ:PKOH) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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