Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP) Competitors

Ampco-Pittsburgh (NYSE:AP) and L.B. Foster (NASDAQ:FSTR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and community ranking.

Is AP or FSTR a better dividend stock?

Ampco-Pittsburgh pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. L.B. Foster pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Ampco-Pittsburgh pays out 163.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. L.B. Foster pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer AP or FSTR?

In the previous week, Ampco-Pittsburgh had 1 more articles in the media than L.B. Foster. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ampco-Pittsburgh and 1 mentions for L.B. Foster. L.B. Foster's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Ampco-Pittsburgh's score of -0.07 indicating that L.B. Foster is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ampco-Pittsburgh	Neutral
L.B. Foster	Very Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, AP or FSTR?

L.B. Foster has higher revenue and earnings than Ampco-Pittsburgh. L.B. Foster is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ampco-Pittsburgh, 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
Ampco-Pittsburgh	$412.36M	0.15	-$39.93M	$0.22	13.98
L.B. Foster	$504.24M	0.41	$1.46M	$3.31	5.89

Do analysts rate AP or FSTR?

L.B. Foster has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.21%. Given L.B. Foster's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe L.B. Foster is more favorable than Ampco-Pittsburgh.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ampco-Pittsburgh	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
L.B. Foster	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AP or FSTR?

Ampco-Pittsburgh received 87 more outperform votes than L.B. Foster when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.96% of users gave Ampco-Pittsburgh an outperform vote while only 56.86% of users gave L.B. Foster an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ampco-Pittsburgh	Outperform Votes 315 56.96%	Underperform Votes 238 43.04%
L.B. Foster	Outperform Votes 228 56.86%	Underperform Votes 173 43.14%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of AP or FSTR?

49.2% of Ampco-Pittsburgh shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of L.B. Foster shares are held by institutional investors. 31.6% of Ampco-Pittsburgh shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of L.B. Foster shares are held 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.

Is AP or FSTR more profitable?

L.B. Foster has a net margin of 7.96% compared to Ampco-Pittsburgh's net margin of -10.46%. L.B. Foster's return on equity of 6.01% beat Ampco-Pittsburgh's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ampco-Pittsburgh	-10.46%	-63.13%	-7.95%
L.B. Foster	7.96%	6.01%	2.82%

Which has more risk and volatility, AP or FSTR?

Ampco-Pittsburgh has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, L.B. Foster has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

L.B. Foster beats Ampco-Pittsburgh on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.