Mayville Engineering (MEC) Competitors

Mayville Engineering (NYSE:MEC) and TriMas (NASDAQ:TRS) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.

Do analysts prefer MEC or TRS?

Mayville Engineering presently has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.12%. TriMas has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 50.26%. Given TriMas' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TriMas is more favorable than Mayville Engineering.

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MEC or TRS?

TriMas has higher revenue and earnings than Mayville Engineering. TriMas 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
Mayville Engineering	$588.42M	0.56	$7.84M	$0.42	38.14
TriMas	$893.55M	1.21	$40.36M	$0.97	27.44

Which has more volatility and risk, MEC or TRS?

Mayville Engineering has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriMas has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer MEC or TRS?

In the previous week, TriMas had 2 more articles in the media than Mayville Engineering. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for TriMas and 1 mentions for Mayville Engineering. TriMas' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Mayville Engineering's score of 0.65 indicating that TriMas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in MEC or TRS?

45.4% of Mayville Engineering shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of TriMas shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Mayville Engineering shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of TriMas shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is MEC or TRS more profitable?

TriMas has a net margin of 4.48% compared to Mayville Engineering's net margin of 1.40%. TriMas' return on equity of 9.68% beat Mayville Engineering's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mayville Engineering	1.40%	6.01%	2.69%
TriMas	4.48%	9.68%	4.82%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MEC or TRS?

TriMas received 126 more outperform votes than Mayville Engineering when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.21% of users gave Mayville Engineering an outperform vote while only 54.50% of users gave TriMas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mayville Engineering	Outperform Votes 86 56.21%	Underperform Votes 67 43.79%
TriMas	Outperform Votes 212 54.50%	Underperform Votes 177 45.50%

Summary

TriMas beats Mayville Engineering on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.