Financial Contrast: Ampco-Pittsburgh (NYSE:AP) versus Aebi Schmidt (NASDAQ:AEBI)

Ampco-Pittsburgh (NYSE:AP) and Aebi Schmidt (NASDAQ:AEBI) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Ampco-Pittsburgh and Aebi Schmidt”s 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	0.40	-$66.07 million	($2.93)	-2.89
Aebi Schmidt	$1.53 billion	0.57	$9.74 million	$0.32	35.06

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Ampco-Pittsburgh and Aebi Schmidt, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ampco-Pittsburgh	1	0	0	0	1.00
Aebi Schmidt	0	1	2	0	2.67

Aebi Schmidt has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 51.52%. Given Aebi Schmidt’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aebi Schmidt is more favorable than Ampco-Pittsburgh.

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, Aebi Schmidt has a beta of 2.59, suggesting that its stock price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Ampco-Pittsburgh and Aebi Schmidt’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%
Aebi Schmidt	1.09%	2.59%	1.04%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

49.2% of Ampco-Pittsburgh shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.5% of Ampco-Pittsburgh shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.1% of Aebi Schmidt shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Aebi Schmidt beats Ampco-Pittsburgh on 13 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 Aebi Schmidt

Aebi Schmidt Holding AG is a provider of mission-critical infrastructure, environmental and agricultural solutions. Aebi Schmidt Holding AG, formerly known as The Shyft Group Inc., is based in NOVI, Mich.