Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP) Competitors

Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ:PLL) and Ampco-Pittsburgh (NYSE:AP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PLL or AP?

Ampco-Pittsburgh received 103 more outperform votes than Piedmont Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.55% of users gave Ampco-Pittsburgh an outperform vote while only 52.61% of users gave Piedmont Lithium an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Piedmont Lithium	Outperform Votes 212 52.61%	Underperform Votes 191 47.39%
Ampco-Pittsburgh	Outperform Votes 315 58.55%	Underperform Votes 223 41.45%

Do analysts prefer PLL or AP?

Piedmont Lithium currently has a consensus target price of $21.42, suggesting a potential upside of 156.18%. Given Piedmont Lithium's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Piedmont Lithium is more favorable than Ampco-Pittsburgh.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Piedmont Lithium	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Ampco-Pittsburgh	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor PLL or AP?

In the previous week, Piedmont Lithium had 3 more articles in the media than Ampco-Pittsburgh. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Piedmont Lithium and 0 mentions for Ampco-Pittsburgh. Ampco-Pittsburgh's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Piedmont Lithium's score of 0.49 indicating that Ampco-Pittsburgh is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Piedmont Lithium	Neutral
Ampco-Pittsburgh	Positive

Is PLL or AP more profitable?

Piedmont Lithium has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ampco-Pittsburgh's net margin of -10.46%. Piedmont Lithium's return on equity of -21.33% beat Ampco-Pittsburgh's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Piedmont Lithium	N/A	-21.33%	-18.92%
Ampco-Pittsburgh	-10.46%	-63.13%	-7.95%

Which has more risk and volatility, PLL or AP?

Piedmont Lithium has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ampco-Pittsburgh has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PLL or AP?

52.2% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.2% of Ampco-Pittsburgh shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Ampco-Pittsburgh shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, PLL or AP?

Piedmont Lithium has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ampco-Pittsburgh. Piedmont Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ampco-Pittsburgh, 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
Piedmont Lithium	$39.82M	4.08	-$21.78M	-$4.09	-2.04
Ampco-Pittsburgh	$422.34M	0.11	-$39.93M	-$2.26	-1.06

Summary

Piedmont Lithium beats Ampco-Pittsburgh on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.