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Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.PKOHCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Industrials›Metal Fabrication
Momentum strong 69
Mkt cap
$629M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
68%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$3.58M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
11.8×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-1.7 pp
WACC 8.3%
Hurdle
+4 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
124 days
10 Mar 2027
Close · USD$43.39
1D+9.5%
1W+0.6%
1M-10.4%
3M-9.3%
6M+40.8%
YTD+107.2%
1Y+105.9%
ATR %6.2%
Beta1.38
52w lowhigh18.6% off high

What Park-Ohio does

Employees: 6,300

Park-Ohio at a glance

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).

Relative performance

10015011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026PKOH 141Peer median 76
Six months, rebased to 100: Park-Ohio against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Park-Ohio financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
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

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Park-Ohio competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%-30%-20%-10%0%3012686584300885301141AKVA002846300963TIIL2476ELMTVARV601002SKIPPER6887860013803006113010046032780026853036PKOH6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Park-Ohio is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-25%0%+25%+50%+75%20×40×3012686584AKVA002846TIILELMTVARVSKIPPER6887863006113010046032783036PKOHRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Park-Ohio is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%301268300885AKVA002846TIIL2476ELMTVARV601002688786001380301004PKOHGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Park-Ohio is the large dot.

Park-Ohio competitors and peer comparison

How Park-Ohio compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Park-Ohio against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasurePKOHPeer medianRank 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 margin5.3%9.3%5th lowest of 21
Forward P/E11.8×16.0×2nd 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 pp6th most demanding of 13
ROIC minus cost of capital-1.7 pp+2.0 pp6th lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA10.7×12.5×4th cheapest of 12
Net debt / EBITDA5.5×1.1×most indebted of 12

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Park-Ohio PKOHUnited States$629M+41%+3%5%11.8×8.6%+4.3%
Shenzhen Minglida Precision Technology 301268.SZChina$630M-53%+26%-5%28.9×40.9%+18.4%
Nan Juen International 6584.TWOTaiwan$633M-59%+44%27%15.9×n/an/a
Yangzhou Seashine New Materials 300885.SZChina$637M-40%+39%22%n/a24.7%+4.3%
Zhejiang Zhongke Magnetic Industry 301141.SZChina$638M-35%+22%1%n/an/an/a
AKVA AKVA.OLNorway$618M+18%+14%7%28.0×3.7%+6.7%
Guangdong Enpack Packaging 002846.SZChina$609M-37%+20%3%53.7×18.4%+11.4%
Shanghai Zhongzhou Special Alloy Materials 300963.SZChina$651M-44%+1%8%n/an/an/a
Technocraft Industries (India) TIIL.NSIndia$655M+9%+12%14%16.0×18.5%+16.3%
G-SHANK Enterprise 2476.TWTaiwan$599M-22%+24%19%n/a-0.1%+9.3%
Elmet ELMTUnited States$598M+28%+6%6%40.9×21.9%+5.9%
SBE-Varvit VARV.MIItaly$663M-7%+11%12%15.1×-0.9%-4.6%
Gem-Year Industrial 601002.SSChina$668M-25%+5%14%n/a-7.5%-1.5%
Skipper SKIPPER.NSIndia$669M+7%+17%9%21.7×n/an/a
Jiangxi Yuean Advanced Materials 688786.SSChina$587M-13%+12%21%30.1×24.8%+11.2%
Hwaway Technology 001380.SZChina$586M-24%+7%11%15.6×1.3%+30.4%
Zhejiang Meili High Technology 300611.SZChina$586M-25%+80%8%10.9×n/an/a
Zhejiang Cayi Vacuum Container 301004.SZChina$688M-28%-23%16%13.6×-8.0%+45.9%
Shandong Daye 603278.SSChina$689M+21%0%0%13.7×n/an/a
Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery 002685.SZChina$698M-50%+33%10%n/an/an/a
ALCONIX 3036.TJapan$566M+19%+18%6%13.6×n/an/a

Questions

Which companies are Park-Ohio's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Shenzhen Minglida Precision Technology (301268.SZ), Nan Juen International (6584.TWO), Yangzhou Seashine New Materials (300885.SZ), Zhejiang Zhongke Magnetic Industry (301141.SZ), AKVA (AKVA.OL), Guangdong Enpack Packaging (002846.SZ), Shanghai Zhongzhou Special Alloy Materials (300963.SZ), Technocraft Industries (India) (TIIL.NS).
Is Park-Ohio expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 11.8× against a peer median of 16.0×, 2nd cheapest of 15 in its peer set. 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.
How has Park-Ohio stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +40.8% against -24.2% for the median peer; over one year +105.9%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.