Employees: 6,300
Size Park-Ohio (PKOH) is a United States Industrials company (Metal Fabrication) with a market value of $629M, the 2559th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $43.39 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 40.8%, against -24.2% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 2.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +15.8%); the operating margin is 5.3% (peer median 9.3%).
Valuation It trades at 11.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.0× (2nd cheapest of 15).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 9% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +4%, so the hurdle is +4 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.7 points below its cost of capital (8.3% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 1.4% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 10 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.65B | $1.60B | $1.66B | $1.66B | $1.49B |
| Revenue growth | — | -3% | 0% | +11% | — |
| Gross profit | $286M | $271M | $281M | $271M | $210M |
| EBITDA | $120M | $115M | $123M | $122M | $78.5M |
| Net income | $27.4M | $24.8M | $42.2M | $7.80M | -$14.2M |
| Free cash flow | $19.6M | $1.00M | -$1.60M | $22.3M | -$54.5M |
| Capital expenditure | $46.9M | $40.3M | $31.4M | $28.2M | $26.9M |
| Total debt | $704M | $670M | $667M | $688M | $766M |
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| Measure | PKOH | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -10.4% | -9.6% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +40.8% | -24.2% | highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -18.6% | -48.0% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +2.7% | +15.8% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 9.3% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 11.8× | 16.0× | 2nd cheapest of 15 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 8.6% | 11.0% | 7th least demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +4.3% | +10.2% | 4th lowest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +4.3 pp | +2.9 pp | 6th most demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.7 pp | +2.0 pp | 6th lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.7× | 12.5× | 4th cheapest of 12 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.5× | 1.1× | most indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park-Ohio PKOH | United States | $629M | +41% | +3% | 5% | 11.8× | 8.6% | +4.3% |
| Shenzhen Minglida Precision Technology 301268.SZ | China | $630M | -53% | +26% | -5% | 28.9× | 40.9% | +18.4% |
| Nan Juen International 6584.TWO | Taiwan | $633M | -59% | +44% | 27% | 15.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Yangzhou Seashine New Materials 300885.SZ | China | $637M | -40% | +39% | 22% | n/a | 24.7% | +4.3% |
| Zhejiang Zhongke Magnetic Industry 301141.SZ | China | $638M | -35% | +22% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| AKVA AKVA.OL | Norway | $618M | +18% | +14% | 7% | 28.0× | 3.7% | +6.7% |
| Guangdong Enpack Packaging 002846.SZ | China | $609M | -37% | +20% | 3% | 53.7× | 18.4% | +11.4% |
| Shanghai Zhongzhou Special Alloy Materials 300963.SZ | China | $651M | -44% | +1% | 8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Technocraft Industries (India) TIIL.NS | India | $655M | +9% | +12% | 14% | 16.0× | 18.5% | +16.3% |
| G-SHANK Enterprise 2476.TW | Taiwan | $599M | -22% | +24% | 19% | n/a | -0.1% | +9.3% |
| Elmet ELMT | United States | $598M | +28% | +6% | 6% | 40.9× | 21.9% | +5.9% |
| SBE-Varvit VARV.MI | Italy | $663M | -7% | +11% | 12% | 15.1× | -0.9% | -4.6% |
| Gem-Year Industrial 601002.SS | China | $668M | -25% | +5% | 14% | n/a | -7.5% | -1.5% |
| Skipper SKIPPER.NS | India | $669M | +7% | +17% | 9% | 21.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangxi Yuean Advanced Materials 688786.SS | China | $587M | -13% | +12% | 21% | 30.1× | 24.8% | +11.2% |
| Hwaway Technology 001380.SZ | China | $586M | -24% | +7% | 11% | 15.6× | 1.3% | +30.4% |
| Zhejiang Meili High Technology 300611.SZ | China | $586M | -25% | +80% | 8% | 10.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Cayi Vacuum Container 301004.SZ | China | $688M | -28% | -23% | 16% | 13.6× | -8.0% | +45.9% |
| Shandong Daye 603278.SS | China | $689M | +21% | 0% | 0% | 13.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery 002685.SZ | China | $698M | -50% | +33% | 10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| ALCONIX 3036.T | Japan | $566M | +19% | +18% | 6% | 13.6× | n/a | n/a |