Analyzing Mestek (MCCK) & Its Peers

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	-1,938.53%	-13.31%	0.72%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Mestek and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mestek	$424.62 million	$87.78 million	5.77
Mestek Competitors	$4.44 billion	$345.61 million	-1.26

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.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.4% of Mestek shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by institutional investors. 65.2% of Mestek shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

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

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.