Sypris Solutions (SYPR) vs. The Competition Financial Survey

Sypris Solutions (NASDAQ:SYPR) is one of 229 public companies in the “Aerospace & Defense” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Sypris Solutions to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Volatility and Risk

Sypris Solutions has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sypris Solutions’ peers have a beta of 1.31, indicating that their average stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Sypris Solutions and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sypris Solutions	1	0	0	0	1.00
Sypris Solutions Competitors	2157	8270	12790	581	2.50

As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 27.06%. Given Sypris Solutions’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sypris Solutions has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Dividends

Sypris Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Sypris Solutions pays out -17.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.1% and pay out 39.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Sypris Solutions is clearly a better dividend stock than its peers, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Sypris Solutions and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sypris Solutions	$115.11 million	-$6.34 million	-2.57
Sypris Solutions Competitors	$8.44 billion	$569.54 million	25.86

Sypris Solutions’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Sypris Solutions. Sypris Solutions 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.

Profitability

This table compares Sypris Solutions and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sypris Solutions	-9.23%	-67.14%	-9.87%
Sypris Solutions Competitors	-348.96%	-46.51%	-4.31%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

44.7% of Sypris Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by institutional investors. 47.9% of Sypris Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Sypris Solutions peers beat Sypris Solutions on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

Sypris Solutions Company Profile

Sypris Solutions, Inc. is a diversified manufacturing and engineering company headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. Through its operating businesses, the company provides components, assemblies and manufacturing services to customers in the commercial vehicle, automotive, industrial, energy, aerospace and defense markets. Sypris Technologies manufactures forged, machined and assembled components for vehicles and industrial equipment. Its products include drivetrain and transmission components, structural and precision-machined parts, and other specialized components used in commercial vehicles, off-highway equipment, energy systems and related industrial applications.