Analyzing SIFCO Industries (SIF) and Its Rivals

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SIFCO Industries and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SIFCO Industries	$99.37 million	-$5.38 million	31.25
SIFCO Industries Competitors	$8.58 billion	$577.31 million	29.60

SIFCO Industries’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than SIFCO Industries. SIFCO Industries 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SIFCO Industries	-4.35%	-18.70%	-5.84%
SIFCO Industries Competitors	-304.51%	-30.57%	-4.27%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

24.2% of SIFCO Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by institutional investors. 16.7% of SIFCO Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

SIFCO Industries has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SIFCO Industries’ competitors have a beta of 1.29, suggesting that their average stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SIFCO Industries competitors beat SIFCO Industries on 6 of the 9 factors compared.

About SIFCO Industries

SIFCO Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells forgings and machined components primarily for the aerospace and energy markets in North America and Europe. The company’s processes and services include forging, heat-treating, chemical processing, and machining. It also offers original equipment manufacturer and aftermarket components for aircraft and industrial gas turbine engines; steam turbine blades; structural airframe components; aircraft landing gear components; aircraft wheels and brakes; rotating components for helicopters; and commercial/industrial products. In addition, the company provides heat-treatment, surface-treatment, non-destructive testing, and select machining and sub-assembly of forged components. SIFCO Industries, Inc. was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.