Aebi Schmidt (NASDAQ:AEBI) vs. Ampco-Pittsburgh (NYSE:AP) Critical Analysis

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

Volatility and Risk

Aebi Schmidt has a beta of 2.59, meaning that its stock price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ampco-Pittsburgh has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

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

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

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Aebi Schmidt and Ampco-Pittsburgh”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aebi Schmidt	$1.53 billion	0.57	$9.74 million	$0.32	35.06
Ampco-Pittsburgh	$434.17 million	0.40	-$66.07 million	($2.93)	-2.89

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.

Profitability

This table compares Aebi Schmidt and Ampco-Pittsburgh’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aebi Schmidt	1.09%	2.59%	1.04%
Ampco-Pittsburgh	-13.84%	-3.53%	-0.38%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Summary

Aebi Schmidt beats Ampco-Pittsburgh on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.