Park-Ohio (PKOH) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, MEC or PKOH?

Mayville Engineering has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park-Ohio has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MEC or PKOH?

45.4% of Mayville Engineering shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.4% of Park-Ohio shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of Mayville Engineering shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.3% of Park-Ohio shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MEC or PKOH more profitable?

Mayville Engineering has a net margin of 1.33% compared to Mayville Engineering's net margin of 0.47%. Mayville Engineering's return on equity of 13.45% beat Park-Ohio's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mayville Engineering	1.33%	6.58%	2.98%
Park-Ohio	0.47%	13.45%	2.70%

Do analysts recommend MEC or PKOH?

Mayville Engineering presently has a consensus target price of $17.33, indicating a potential upside of 26.71%. Given Park-Ohio's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mayville Engineering is more favorable than Park-Ohio.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mayville Engineering	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Park-Ohio	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MEC or PKOH?

Park-Ohio received 216 more outperform votes than Mayville Engineering when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.05% of users gave Park-Ohio an outperform vote while only 55.92% of users gave Mayville Engineering an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mayville Engineering	Outperform Votes 85 55.92%	Underperform Votes 67 44.08%
Park-Ohio	Outperform Votes 301 61.05%	Underperform Votes 192 38.95%

Does the media favor MEC or PKOH?

In the previous week, Park-Ohio had 10 more articles in the media than Mayville Engineering. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Park-Ohio and 1 mentions for Mayville Engineering. Park-Ohio's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Mayville Engineering's score of 0.38 indicating that Mayville Engineering is being referred to more favorably in the 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
Park-Ohio	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, MEC or PKOH?

Mayville Engineering has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Park-Ohio. Mayville Engineering is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park-Ohio, 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	0.47	$7.84M	$0.38	35.55
Park-Ohio	$1.66B	0.19	$7.80M	$0.63	37.46

Summary

Park-Ohio beats Mayville Engineering on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.