Cooper-Standard (NYSE:CPS – Get Free Report) and Federal Screw Works (OTCMKTS:FSCR – Get Free Report) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Cooper-Standard and Federal Screw Works”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Cooper-Standard | $2.74 billion | 0.17 | -$4.16 million | ($2.18) | -11.93 |
| Federal Screw Works | $97.55 million | 0.10 | $1.62 million | $0.71 | 10.14 |
Profitability
This table compares Cooper-Standard and Federal Screw Works’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Cooper-Standard | -1.41% | N/A | -2.15% |
| Federal Screw Works | 0.99% | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Cooper-Standard and Federal Screw Works, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Cooper-Standard | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Federal Screw Works | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Cooper-Standard currently has a consensus price target of $49.33, suggesting a potential upside of 89.67%. Given Cooper-Standard’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cooper-Standard is more favorable than Federal Screw Works.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
69.1% of Cooper-Standard shares are held by institutional investors. 9.2% of Cooper-Standard shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 46.2% of Federal Screw Works shares are held by 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 & Volatility
Cooper-Standard has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federal Screw Works has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cooper-Standard beats Federal Screw Works on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Cooper-Standard
Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc., through its subsidiary, Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc., manufactures and sells sealing, fuel and brake delivery, and fluid transfer systems in the United States, Mexico, China, Poland, Canada, Germany, France, and internationally. The company offers sealing systems, including dynamic seals, static seals, encapsulated glasses, textured surfaces with cloth appearance, obstacle detection sensor systems, FlushSeal systems, variable extrusions, specialty sealing products, stainless steel trims, and frameless systems. It also provides fuel and brake delivery systems comprising chassis and tank fuel lines and bundles, metallic brake lines and bundles, quick connects, low oligomer multi-layer convoluted tubes, brake jounce lines, direct injection and port fuel rails, MagAlloy break tube coating, and ArmorTube brake tube coating. In addition, the company offers fluid transfer systems, such as heater/coolant hoses, turbo charger hoses, charged air cooler ducts/assemblies, diesel particulate filter lines, secondary air hoses, degas tanks and deaerators, brake and clutch hoses, air intake and discharge systems, transmission oil cooling hoses, high temperature MLTs, and multilayer tubing for glycol thermal management. Its products are primarily used in passenger vehicles and light trucks that are manufactured by automotive original equipment manufacturers and replacement markets. Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Northville, Michigan.
About Federal Screw Works
Federal Screw Works manufactures and sells industrial component parts primarily to the automobile industry in the United States. It operates through Big Rapids, Romulus, Traverse City, and Novex Tool divisions. The company offers cold formed and machined pins, including piston pins, planetary and differential gear shafts, and oil pump and steering shafts for the automotive, refrigeration, and small engine industries; and cold formed machined products, such as suspension ball studs, fluid line adapters, and precision formed and machined valve lifter bodies to the automotive industry. It also provides close tolerance machined products that are used in transmission valves, ball joints, steering gear bulkhead assemblies, torque converter hubs, and piston pins; and engineered nut products comprising prevailing torque nuts, free spinning nuts, slotted nuts, nut retainer assemblies, and nut washer assemblies to the automotive industry. In addition, the company offers cold form tooling products, which include assemblies, sleeves, dies, and punches; and complex cold formed parts, such as tie rod housings, valve lifter bodies, and suspension components. Federal Screw Works was founded in 1917 and is based in Romulus, Michigan.
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