Reviewing Mestek (MCCK) & Its Peers

Profitability

This table compares Mestek and its rivals’ 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	-1,938.34%	-13.37%	0.73%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Mestek and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mestek	$424.62 million	$87.78 million	5.77
Mestek Competitors	$4.43 billion	$345.61 million	-1.78

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

Volatility and Risk

Mestek has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mestek’s rivals have a beta of 4.43, meaning that their average stock price is 343% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and 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, 13.8% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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

Mestek Company Profile

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.