Kone Oyj (OTCMKTS:KNYJY) versus Ampco-Pittsburgh (NYSE:AP) Critical Survey

Ampco-Pittsburgh (NYSE:AP) and Kone Oyj (OTCMKTS:KNYJY) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Ampco-Pittsburgh and Kone Oyj, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ampco-Pittsburgh	1	0	0	0	1.00
Kone Oyj	2	4	1	1	2.12

Profitability

This table compares Ampco-Pittsburgh and Kone Oyj’s 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%
Kone Oyj	8.33%	38.87%	10.68%

Risk & Volatility

Ampco-Pittsburgh has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kone Oyj has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Ampco-Pittsburgh and Kone Oyj”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ampco-Pittsburgh	$434.17 million	0.43	-$66.07 million	($2.93)	-3.11
Kone Oyj	$12.72 billion	2.09	$1.11 billion	$1.06	27.65

Kone Oyj has higher revenue and earnings than Ampco-Pittsburgh. Ampco-Pittsburgh is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kone Oyj, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

49.2% of Ampco-Pittsburgh shares are held by institutional investors. 23.5% of Ampco-Pittsburgh shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Kone Oyj beats Ampco-Pittsburgh on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ampco-Pittsburgh

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in manufacture and sale of specialty metal products and customized equipment to commercial and industrial users worldwide. The company operates through Forged and Cast Engineered Products (FCEP); and Air and Liquid Processing (ALP) segments. The FCEP segment produces forged hardened steel rolls, cast rolls and, forged engineered products that are used in cold rolling mills by producers of steel, aluminum, and other metals; cast rolls for hot strip mills, medium/heavy section mills, roughing mills, and plate mills; and forged engineered products for narrow and wide strip and aluminum mills, back-up rolls for narrow strip mills, and leveling rolls and shafts. The ALP segment produces custom-engineered finned tube heat exchange coils and related heat transfer products for various industries, including OEM/commercial, nuclear power generation, and industrial manufacturing; custom-designed air handling systems for institutional, pharmaceutical, and general industrial building markets; and manufacture centrifugal pumps for the fossil fueled power generation, marine defense, and industrial refrigeration industries. Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation was incorporated in 1929 and is headquartered in Carnegie, Pennsylvania.

About Kone Oyj

KONE Oyj, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the elevator and escalator business worldwide. The company provides elevators, escalators, and automatic building doors. It offers maintenance services; and modernization solutions. In addition, the company offers KONE Office Flow, a connected solution that allows for personalized user experiences and touch-free access; health and well-being solutions for elevators, escalators, and doors; KONE Access, an access control system, which is integrated with elevator system and building doors; KONE Destination, a destination control system that reduce waiting and travel times; KONE infotainment, a communication channel for building tenants and visitors; and monitoring solutions that enable real-time inspection of elevators and escalators. Further, it provides people flow planning and consulting services; solutions for special buildings and large projects; cybersecurity solutions; and energy solutions for greener buildings. KONE Oyj was founded in 1908 and is based in Espoo, Finland.