Park Aerospace (PKE) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PKE or MEI?

Methode Electronics received 260 more outperform votes than Park Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.36% of users gave Methode Electronics an outperform vote while only 60.10% of users gave Park Aerospace an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Park Aerospace	Outperform Votes 232 60.10%	Underperform Votes 154 39.90%
Methode Electronics	Outperform Votes 492 62.36%	Underperform Votes 297 37.64%

Do analysts rate PKE or MEI?

Methode Electronics has a consensus target price of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.25%. Given Methode Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Methode Electronics is more favorable than Park Aerospace.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Park Aerospace	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Methode Electronics	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

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

77.8% of Park Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Methode Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. 10.6% of Park Aerospace shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Methode Electronics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to PKE or MEI?

In the previous week, Park Aerospace had 5 more articles in the media than Methode Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Park Aerospace and 4 mentions for Methode Electronics. Methode Electronics' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Park Aerospace's score of 0.13 indicating that Methode Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Park Aerospace	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Methode Electronics	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PKE or MEI a better dividend stock?

Park Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Methode Electronics pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Park Aerospace pays out 172.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Methode Electronics pays out -21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Methode Electronics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is PKE or MEI more profitable?

Park Aerospace has a net margin of 11.90% compared to Methode Electronics' net margin of -8.16%. Park Aerospace's return on equity of 7.02% beat Methode Electronics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Park Aerospace	11.90%	7.02%	6.07%
Methode Electronics	-8.16%	-3.26%	-1.78%

Which has more risk and volatility, PKE or MEI?

Park Aerospace has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Methode Electronics has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PKE or MEI?

Park Aerospace has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Methode Electronics. 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
Park Aerospace	$61.42M	4.45	$7.47M	$0.29	47.26
Methode Electronics	$1.07B	0.24	-$123.30M	-$2.61	-2.81

Summary

Methode Electronics beats Park Aerospace on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.