Critical Survey: Modine Manufacturing (NYSE:MOD) & Mingteng International (NASDAQ:MTEN)

Modine Manufacturing (NYSE:MOD) and Mingteng International (NASDAQ:MTEN) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Modine Manufacturing and Mingteng International, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Modine Manufacturing	0	1	5	1	3.00
Mingteng International	1	0	0	0	1.00

Modine Manufacturing presently has a consensus target price of $223.20, suggesting a potential upside of 4.38%. Given Modine Manufacturing’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Modine Manufacturing is more favorable than Mingteng International.

Profitability

This table compares Modine Manufacturing and Mingteng International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Modine Manufacturing	3.40%	22.99%	10.52%
Mingteng International	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Modine Manufacturing and Mingteng International”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Modine Manufacturing	$2.58 billion	4.36	$184.00 million	$1.80	118.80
Mingteng International	$10.12 million	0.15	-$5.68 million	N/A	N/A

Modine Manufacturing has higher revenue and earnings than Mingteng International.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

95.2% of Modine Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Modine Manufacturing shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Modine Manufacturing has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mingteng International has a beta of -1.11, indicating that its share price is 211% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Modine Manufacturing beats Mingteng International on 13 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Modine Manufacturing

Modine Manufacturing Company provides thermal management products and solutions in the United States, Italy, Hungary, China, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments. The company offers heat transfer coils, including heat recovery and round tube plate fin coils; gas-fired, hydronic, electric and oilfired unit heaters; roof-mounted direct- and indirect-fired makeup air units; duct furnaces; infrared units; perimeter heating products; single packaged unit ventilators; modular chillers; air handler and condensing units; ceiling cassettes; evaporator unit coolers, remote condensers, fluid coolers, gas coolers, and dry and brine coolers; and motor and generator cooling coils, transformer oil coolers, radiators, dryers, and industrial heat exchangers. It also provides data center products consisting of IT cooling solutions, including precision air conditioning units for data center applications; computer room air conditioning and handler units; hybrid fan coils; fan walls; chillers; condensers; condensing units; and liquid cooling solutions for high-density computing, as well as replacement parts, maintenance service and control solutions for existing equipment and new building management controls and systems. In addition, the company offers powertrain cooling products, such as radiators, condensers, engine cooling modules, charge air coolers, fan shrouds, and surge tanks; cooling module generator sets; aluminum and stainless steel engine oil coolers, exhaust gas recirculation coolers, liquid charge air coolers, transmission and retarder oil coolers, and chillers; battery thermal management systems, electronics cooling packages, battery chillers, battery cooling plates, coolers and casings for electronics cooling, and coolers for electric axles; and coatings products and application services. Modine Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1916 and is headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin.

About Mingteng International

Mingteng International Corporation Inc. engages in the design, development, production, assembly, testing, repair, and after-sale service of molds in the People's Republic of China. It offers casting molds for turbocharger systems, braking systems, steering and differential systems, and other automotive system parts. The company also produces molds for new energy electric vehicle motor drive systems, battery pack systems, and engineering hydraulic components. It serves automobile, construction machinery, and other manufacturing industries. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Wuxi, China.