Park Aerospace (PKE) Competitors

Methode Electronics (NYSE:MEI) and Park Aerospace (NYSE:PKE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MEI or PKE?

Methode Electronics received 263 more outperform votes than Park Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.71% of users gave Methode Electronics an outperform vote while only 60.48% of users gave Park Aerospace an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Methode Electronics	Outperform Votes 491 62.71%	Underperform Votes 292 37.29%
Park Aerospace	Outperform Votes 228 60.48%	Underperform Votes 149 39.52%

Is MEI or PKE a better dividend stock?

Methode Electronics pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Park Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Methode Electronics pays out -34.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Park Aerospace pays out 135.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Park Aerospace has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Methode Electronics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MEI or PKE?

95.5% of Methode Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of Park Aerospace shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Methode Electronics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Park Aerospace shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is MEI or PKE more profitable?

Park Aerospace has a net margin of 13.34% compared to Park Aerospace's net margin of -5.09%. Methode Electronics' return on equity of 6.78% beat Park Aerospace's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Methode Electronics	-5.09%	0.07%	0.04%
Park Aerospace	13.34%	6.78%	5.83%

Do analysts rate MEI or PKE?

Methode Electronics presently has a consensus price target of $18.67, suggesting a potential upside of 64.90%. Given Park Aerospace's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Methode Electronics is more favorable than Park Aerospace.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Methode Electronics	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Park Aerospace	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, MEI or PKE?

Methode Electronics has higher revenue and earnings than Park Aerospace. Methode Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park Aerospace, 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
Methode Electronics	$1.18B	0.34	$77.10M	-$1.64	-6.90
Park Aerospace	$56M	4.84	$7.47M	$0.37	36.16

Which has more volatility and risk, MEI or PKE?

Methode Electronics has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park Aerospace has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer MEI or PKE?

In the previous week, Park Aerospace had 1 more articles in the media than Methode Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Park Aerospace and 3 mentions for Methode Electronics. Methode Electronics' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Park Aerospace's score of 0.39 indicating that Park Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Methode Electronics	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Park Aerospace	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Park Aerospace beats Methode Electronics on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.