Park-Ohio (NASDAQ:PKOH – Get Free Report) and Alta Equipment Group (NYSE:ALTG – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Park-Ohio and Alta Equipment Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Park-Ohio | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.33 |
| Alta Equipment Group | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.20 |
Park-Ohio presently has a consensus price target of $59.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.11%. Alta Equipment Group has a consensus price target of $9.83, suggesting a potential upside of 66.50%. Given Alta Equipment Group’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alta Equipment Group is more favorable than Park-Ohio.
Risk and Volatility
Institutional & Insider Ownership
51.4% of Park-Ohio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of Alta Equipment Group shares are held by institutional investors. 31.1% of Park-Ohio shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of Alta Equipment Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Park-Ohio and Alta Equipment Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Park-Ohio | 1.60% | 10.55% | 2.81% |
| Alta Equipment Group | -4.42% | -3,253.61% | -5.92% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Park-Ohio and Alta Equipment Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Park-Ohio | $1.60 billion | 0.43 | $23.80 million | $1.88 | 25.09 |
| Alta Equipment Group | $1.84 billion | 0.11 | -$80.30 million | ($2.57) | -2.30 |
Park-Ohio has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alta Equipment Group. Alta Equipment Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park-Ohio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Park-Ohio beats Alta Equipment Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Park-Ohio
Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. provides supply chain management outsourcing services, capital equipment, and manufactured components in the United States, Europe, Asia, Mexico, Canada, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Supply Technologies, Assembly Components, and Engineered Products. The Supply Technologies segment offers Total Supply Management that comprises engineering and design support, part usage and cost analysis, supplier selection, quality assurance, bar coding, product packaging and tracking, just-in-time and point-of-use delivery, electronic billing, and ongoing technical support services, as well as provides spare parts and aftermarket products; and production components, such as valves, fuel hose assemblies, electro-mechanical hardware, labels, fittings, steering components, and other products. This segment also engineers and manufactures precision cold-formed and cold-extruded fasteners, and other products comprising locknuts, SPAC nuts, SPAC bolts, and wheel hardware. The Assembly Components segment offers direct fuel injection fuel rails and pipes, fuel filler pipes, and flexible multi-layer plastic and rubber assemblies; turbo charging and coolant hoses; and value-added services comprising design engineering, machining, and parts assembly. The Engineered Products segment provides engineered products, including induction heating and melting systems, pipe threading systems, and forged and machined products for ferrous and non-ferrous metals, silicon, coatings, forging, foundry, automotive, and construction equipment industries; engineers and installs mechanical forging presses; sells spare parts; field services; and forges aerospace and defense structural components, such as landing gears and struts, as well as rail products comprising railcar center plates and draft lugs. Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
About Alta Equipment Group
Alta Equipment Group Inc. owns and operates integrated equipment dealership platforms in the United States. It operates through three segments: Material Handling, Construction Equipment, and Master Distribution. The company operates a branch network that sells, rents, and provides parts and service support for various categories of specialized equipment, including lift trucks and other material handling equipment, heavy and compact earthmoving equipment, crushing and screening equipment, environmental processing equipment, cranes and aerial work platforms, paving and asphalt equipment, and other construction equipment and related products. It also offers repair and maintenance services for its equipment. In addition, the company designs and builds warehouses; provides automated equipment installation and system integration solutions; and distributes environmental processing equipment. It serves various manufacturing, food and beverage, automotive, municipal/government, education, pharmaceutical and medical, wholesale and retail distribution, construction, agriculture, road building, mining, recycling, and waste management sectors. Alta Equipment Group Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Livonia, Michigan.
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