Contrasting Mestek (MCCK) & The Competition

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.4% of Mestek shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by institutional investors. 65.2% of Mestek shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Mestek and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mestek	19.32%	N/A	N/A
Mestek Competitors	-1,937.72%	-13.26%	0.73%

Volatility and Risk

Mestek has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mestek’s peers have a beta of 4.48, meaning that their average stock price is 348% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Mestek and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mestek	$424.62 million	$87.78 million	5.59
Mestek Competitors	$4.45 billion	$345.47 million	0.19

Mestek’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Mestek. Mestek is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Mestek peers beat Mestek on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About Mestek

Mestek, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells heating, ventilating, and air conditioning products and equipment; and metal forming equipment in the United States and internationally. The company offers equipment for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning primarily under the Lockformer, lowaPrecision, Engel, and Lion brands; roll forming and flexible fabrication equipment; metal stamping products, including uncoilers, straighteners, press feeds, and dies; and coil metal processing products, including cut-to-length, multi-blanking, and coil slitting and precision corrective levelers. It also provides a range of aftermarket services, such as OEM replacement parts for existing and used equipment, and on-site service support and training services. In addition, it engages in equipment rebuilding and electrical installation works; and tube and pipe production and fabrication. Further, the company offers custom metal-framed skylights, canopies, curtain walls, covered walkways, rain screens/wall-cladding, structural glass/point fixed glass, and ornamental metal products. Additionally, it provides operable and fixed solar shading louver systems; and architectural louvers, grilles, vision screens, penthouses, and brise soleil fixed sunshades. Mestek, Inc. was founded in 1898 and is based in Westfield, Massachusetts.