Park-Ohio (PKOH) vs. Its Rivals Critical Survey

Park-Ohio (NASDAQ:PKOH) is one of 157 public companies in the “Trading Companies & Distributors” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Park-Ohio to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Park-Ohio and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Park-Ohio	0	1	2	0	2.67
Park-Ohio Competitors	1465	4917	6712	240	2.43

Park-Ohio currently has a consensus price target of $59.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.98%. As a group, “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies have a potential upside of 12.90%. Given Park-Ohio’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Park-Ohio is more favorable than its peers.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

51.4% of Park-Ohio shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.5% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are owned by institutional investors. 31.1% of Park-Ohio shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Park-Ohio	1.60%	10.55%	2.81%
Park-Ohio Competitors	1.07%	-34.34%	3.53%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Park-Ohio and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Park-Ohio	$1.60 billion	$23.80 million	23.08
Park-Ohio Competitors	$6.67 billion	$363.16 million	33.54

Park-Ohio’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Park-Ohio. Park-Ohio 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.

Dividends

Park-Ohio pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Park-Ohio pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.7% and pay out 34.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Risk & Volatility

Park-Ohio has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park-Ohio’s peers have a beta of 1.32, indicating that their average share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Park-Ohio beats its peers on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About Park-Ohio

Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. provides supply chain management outsourcing services, capital equipment, and manufactured components in the United States, Europe, Asia, Mexico, Canada, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Supply Technologies, Assembly Components, and Engineered Products. The Supply Technologies segment offers Total Supply Management that comprises engineering and design support, part usage and cost analysis, supplier selection, quality assurance, bar coding, product packaging and tracking, just-in-time and point-of-use delivery, electronic billing, and ongoing technical support services, as well as provides spare parts and aftermarket products; and production components, such as valves, fuel hose assemblies, electro-mechanical hardware, labels, fittings, steering components, and other products. This segment also engineers and manufactures precision cold-formed and cold-extruded fasteners, and other products comprising locknuts, SPAC nuts, SPAC bolts, and wheel hardware. The Assembly Components segment offers direct fuel injection fuel rails and pipes, fuel filler pipes, and flexible multi-layer plastic and rubber assemblies; turbo charging and coolant hoses; and value-added services comprising design engineering, machining, and parts assembly. The Engineered Products segment provides engineered products, including induction heating and melting systems, pipe threading systems, and forged and machined products for ferrous and non-ferrous metals, silicon, coatings, forging, foundry, automotive, and construction equipment industries; engineers and installs mechanical forging presses; sells spare parts; field services; and forges aerospace and defense structural components, such as landing gears and struts, as well as rail products comprising railcar center plates and draft lugs. Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.