Reviewing Mestek (MCCK) & Its Competitors

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Mestek and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mestek	$424.62 million	$87.78 million	6.05
Mestek Competitors	$4.51 billion	$346.97 million	-12.27

Mestek’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Mestek. Mestek is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Volatility & Risk

Mestek has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mestek’s competitors have a beta of 4.49, indicating that their average share price is 349% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.4% of Mestek shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by institutional investors. 65.2% of Mestek shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned 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.

Profitability

This table compares Mestek and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mestek	19.32%	N/A	N/A
Mestek Competitors	-1,939.20%	-13.06%	0.69%

Summary

Mestek competitors beat Mestek on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

Mestek Company Profile

Mestek, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells heating, ventilating, and air conditioning products and equipment; and metal forming equipment in the United States and internationally. The company offers equipment for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning primarily under the Lockformer, lowaPrecision, Engel, and Lion brands; roll forming and flexible fabrication equipment; metal stamping products, including uncoilers, straighteners, press feeds, and dies; and coil metal processing products, including cut-to-length, multi-blanking, and coil slitting and precision corrective levelers. It also provides a range of aftermarket services, such as OEM replacement parts for existing and used equipment, and on-site service support and training services. In addition, it engages in equipment rebuilding and electrical installation works; and tube and pipe production and fabrication. Further, the company offers custom metal-framed skylights, canopies, curtain walls, covered walkways, rain screens/wall-cladding, structural glass/point fixed glass, and ornamental metal products. Additionally, it provides operable and fixed solar shading louver systems; and architectural louvers, grilles, vision screens, penthouses, and brise soleil fixed sunshades. Mestek, Inc. was founded in 1898 and is based in Westfield, Massachusetts.