Head to Head Survey: Park-Ohio (PKOH) and Its Rivals

Park-Ohio (NASDAQ:PKOH) is one of 158 public companies in the “Trading Companies & Distributors” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Park-Ohio to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and earnings.

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 34.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Park-Ohio	0	0	2	1	3.33
Park-Ohio Competitors	1463	4952	6819	237	2.43

Park-Ohio currently has a consensus price target of $59.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.76%. As a group, “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies have a potential upside of 9.01%. Given Park-Ohio’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Park-Ohio is more favorable than its rivals.

Volatility and Risk

Park-Ohio has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park-Ohio’s rivals have a beta of 1.28, meaning that their average share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Park-Ohio and its rivals’ 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	1.15%	-33.24%	3.54%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

51.4% of Park-Ohio shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.1% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are owned by institutional investors. 31.1% of Park-Ohio shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Park-Ohio	$1.60 billion	$23.80 million	22.95
Park-Ohio Competitors	$6.57 billion	$360.25 million	32.93

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

Summary

Park-Ohio beats its rivals 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.