Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP) Competitors

TechPrecision (NASDAQ:TPCS) and Ampco-Pittsburgh (NYSE:AP) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.

Which has more risk & volatility, TPCS or AP?

TechPrecision has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ampco-Pittsburgh has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TPCS or AP?

TechPrecision has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ampco-Pittsburgh. TechPrecision is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ampco-Pittsburgh, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TechPrecision	$31.43M	1.34	-$980K	-$0.34	-14.09
Ampco-Pittsburgh	$422.34M	0.10	-$39.93M	-$2.03	-1.00

Is TPCS or AP more profitable?

Ampco-Pittsburgh has a net margin of -9.45% compared to Ampco-Pittsburgh's net margin of -9.59%. Ampco-Pittsburgh's return on equity of -21.25% beat TechPrecision's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TechPrecision	-9.59%	-21.25%	-7.78%
Ampco-Pittsburgh	-9.45%	-38.27%	-7.60%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TPCS or AP?

Ampco-Pittsburgh received 248 more outperform votes than TechPrecision when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.22% of users gave TechPrecision an outperform vote while only 58.80% of users gave Ampco-Pittsburgh an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TechPrecision	Outperform Votes 56 62.22%	Underperform Votes 34 37.78%
Ampco-Pittsburgh	Outperform Votes 304 58.80%	Underperform Votes 213 41.20%

Does the media prefer TPCS or AP?

In the previous week, Ampco-Pittsburgh had 1 more articles in the media than TechPrecision. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ampco-Pittsburgh and 1 mentions for TechPrecision. Ampco-Pittsburgh's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat TechPrecision's score of 0.28 indicating that TechPrecision is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TechPrecision	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ampco-Pittsburgh	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TPCS or AP?

15.5% of TechPrecision shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.2% of Ampco-Pittsburgh shares are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of TechPrecision shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Ampco-Pittsburgh shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer TPCS or AP?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TechPrecision	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Ampco-Pittsburgh	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Ampco-Pittsburgh beats TechPrecision on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.