NN (NASDAQ:NNBR – Get Free Report) and Ampco-Pittsburgh (NYSE:AP – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings and valuation.
Volatility & Risk
NN has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ampco-Pittsburgh has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
53.9% of NN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.2% of Ampco-Pittsburgh shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of NN shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.6% of Ampco-Pittsburgh shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| NN | $464.29 million | 0.24 | -$38.27 million | ($1.13) | -1.96 |
| Ampco-Pittsburgh | $414.47 million | 0.11 | $440,000.00 | ($0.24) | -9.08 |
Ampco-Pittsburgh has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NN. Ampco-Pittsburgh is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NN, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares NN and Ampco-Pittsburgh’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| NN | -8.84% | -5.29% | -0.88% |
| Ampco-Pittsburgh | -1.22% | 1.40% | 0.19% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for NN and Ampco-Pittsburgh, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| NN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Ampco-Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
NN currently has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 81.00%. Given NN’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe NN is more favorable than Ampco-Pittsburgh.
Summary
NN beats Ampco-Pittsburgh on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About NN
NN, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells high-precision components and assemblies for various end markets in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Mobile Solutions and Power Solutions. The Mobile Solutions segment manufactures and sells system critical components for automotive, general industrial, and medical end markets for use in power steering, braking, transmissions, gasoline fuel system, diesel injection, and diesel emissions treatment applications, as well as in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. The Power Solutions segment designs, manufactures, and sells a range of high-precision metal and plastic components, assemblies, and finished devices used in various applications, such as power control and transportation electrification. Its products include electrical contacts, connectors, contact assemblies, and precision stampings for the electrical, general industrial, automotive, aerospace and defense, and medical end markets. This segment also produces various tools and instruments for the orthopaedics and medical/surgical end markets. NN, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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.
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