Mayville Engineering (MEC) Competitors

XPEL (NASDAQ:XPEL) and Mayville Engineering (NYSE:MEC) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Is XPEL or MEC more profitable?

XPEL has a net margin of 11.61% compared to Mayville Engineering's net margin of 2.01%. XPEL's return on equity of 24.68% beat Mayville Engineering's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XPEL	11.61%	24.68%	18.58%
Mayville Engineering	2.01%	5.20%	2.51%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in XPEL or MEC?

75.1% of XPEL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of Mayville Engineering shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of XPEL shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Mayville Engineering shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, XPEL or MEC?

XPEL has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mayville Engineering has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to XPEL or MEC?

In the previous week, XPEL had 4 more articles in the media than Mayville Engineering. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for XPEL and 2 mentions for Mayville Engineering. Mayville Engineering's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat XPEL's score of 0.02 indicating that Mayville Engineering is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
XPEL	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Mayville Engineering	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate XPEL or MEC?

XPEL presently has a consensus target price of $49.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.15%. Mayville Engineering has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.83%. Given Mayville Engineering's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mayville Engineering is more favorable than XPEL.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XPEL	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Mayville Engineering	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, XPEL or MEC?

XPEL has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mayville Engineering. XPEL 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
XPEL	$396.29M	3.19	$52.80M	$1.75	26.13
Mayville Engineering	$608.88M	0.58	$7.84M	$0.59	28.80

Does the MarketBeat Community favor XPEL or MEC?

Mayville Engineering received 43 more outperform votes than XPEL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.70% of users gave Mayville Engineering an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave XPEL an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
XPEL	Outperform Votes 45 55.56%	Underperform Votes 36 44.44%
Mayville Engineering	Outperform Votes 88 55.70%	Underperform Votes 70 44.30%

Summary

XPEL beats Mayville Engineering on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.