Park-Ohio (PKOH) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PKOH or MEC?

Park-Ohio received 216 more outperform votes than Mayville Engineering when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.13% of users gave Park-Ohio an outperform vote while only 56.21% of users gave Mayville Engineering an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Park-Ohio	Outperform Votes 302 61.13%	Underperform Votes 192 38.87%
Mayville Engineering	Outperform Votes 86 56.21%	Underperform Votes 67 43.79%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PKOH or MEC?

Mayville Engineering has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Park-Ohio. Park-Ohio 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
Park-Ohio	$1.66B	0.21	$7.80M	$0.91	28.65
Mayville Engineering	$588.42M	0.55	$7.84M	$0.42	37.86

Is PKOH or MEC more profitable?

Mayville Engineering has a net margin of 1.40% compared to Park-Ohio's net margin of 0.70%. Park-Ohio's return on equity of 13.93% beat Mayville Engineering's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Park-Ohio	0.70%	13.93%	2.86%
Mayville Engineering	1.40%	6.01%	2.69%

Which has more volatility and risk, PKOH or MEC?

Park-Ohio has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mayville Engineering has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer PKOH or MEC?

Mayville Engineering has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.82%. Given Mayville Engineering's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mayville Engineering 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)	N/A
Mayville Engineering	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PKOH or MEC?

51.4% of Park-Ohio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of Mayville Engineering shares are held by institutional investors. 33.0% of Park-Ohio shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Mayville Engineering shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor PKOH or MEC?

In the previous week, Park-Ohio had 3 more articles in the media than Mayville Engineering. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Park-Ohio and 1 mentions for Mayville Engineering. Park-Ohio's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Mayville Engineering's score of 0.47 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Mayville Engineering	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Park-Ohio beats Mayville Engineering on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.