Reviewing Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP) and Its Rivals

Ampco-Pittsburgh (NYSE:AP) is one of 436 publicly-traded companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Ampco-Pittsburgh to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Ampco-Pittsburgh and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ampco-Pittsburgh	$434.17 million	-$66.07 million	-2.25
Ampco-Pittsburgh Competitors	$4.63 billion	$364.17 million	15.83

Ampco-Pittsburgh’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Ampco-Pittsburgh. Ampco-Pittsburgh is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk & Volatility

Ampco-Pittsburgh has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ampco-Pittsburgh’s peers have a beta of 5.12, meaning that their average share price is 412% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Ampco-Pittsburgh and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ampco-Pittsburgh	1	0	0	0	1.00
Ampco-Pittsburgh Competitors	4210	14719	18246	808	2.41

As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 31.52%. Given Ampco-Pittsburgh’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ampco-Pittsburgh has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

49.2% of Ampco-Pittsburgh shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by institutional investors. 23.5% of Ampco-Pittsburgh shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Ampco-Pittsburgh and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ampco-Pittsburgh	-13.84%	-3.53%	-0.38%
Ampco-Pittsburgh Competitors	-1,039.02%	-14.89%	0.52%

Summary

Ampco-Pittsburgh peers beat Ampco-Pittsburgh on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

About Ampco-Pittsburgh

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation (NYSE: AP) is a diversified industrial manufacturer headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1929, the company develops and produces specialized equipment and engineered products for industrial customers, with operations serving markets in North America, Europe and other international regions. Through its forged and cast engineered products business, Ampco-Pittsburgh manufactures steel rolls and related products used primarily in metal-producing and metal-processing applications.