CVR vs PKOH vs WS Stock Comparison

Chicago Rivet & Machine, Park Ohio Holdings and Worthington Steel Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
PKOH Park Ohio Holdings Corp
$44.69 -5.8% 1M +115.7% 1Y
Market cap
$623.28M
P/E
23.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.65B
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
6 wins
WS Worthington Steel, Inc.
$42.40 +15.2% 1M +33.0% 1Y
Market cap
$2.13B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$5.30B
Div. yield
0.02%
Metal Fabrication Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Park Ohio Holdings leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Park Ohio Holdings 6, Worthington Steel 4, Chicago Rivet & Machine 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCVRPKOHWSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $9.72M $623.28M $2.13B WS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -4.0x 23.5x -55.5x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 13.1x 11.1x WS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +7.1% +2.7% +69.1% WS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -8.9% 1.6% -0.7% PKOH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -11.3% 6.1% 0.2% PKOH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.7x 5.8x 19.9x CVR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.02% WS
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +6.2% +115.7% +33.0% PKOH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -17.8%/yr +13.9%/yr — PKOH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 57.3% 44.4% 47.2% PKOH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 41/100 52/100 34/100 PKOH

Percentile Scorecard

CVRPKOHWS

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCVRPKOHWS
Valuation 37 #129 of 203 85 #31 of 203 61 #80 of 203
Growth 63 #70 of 188 75 #48 of 188 33 #126 of 188
Profitability 14 #158 of 184 40 #110 of 184 29 #131 of 184
Financial Health 78 #49 of 217 13 #188 of 217 11 #194 of 217
Shareholder Returns 13 #134 of 153 44 #86 of 153 36 #99 of 153
Overall 41 52 34
  • CVR ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • PKOH ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • WS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCVRPKOHWSSPY
1 month -0.5%-5.8%+15.2% +0.9%
3 months -3.8%+17.0%+18.8% +5.9%
6 months -10.6%+50.6%+16.5% +8.5%
Year to date -27.4%+113.4%+22.5% +13.3%
1 year +6.2%+115.7%+33.0% +12.4%
3 years -43.0%+102.7%— +88.1%
3 years, per year -17.1%+26.6%— +23.5%
5 years -62.5%+91.6%— +68.2%
5 years, per year -17.8%+13.9%— +11.0%
10 years -65.5%+40.0%— +263.4%
10 years, per year -10.1%+3.4%— +13.8%

Risk

MeasureCVRPKOHWSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 57.3%44.4%47.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 61.5%43.4%49.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.581.311.64 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.112.600.70 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -71.9%-62.4%-51.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -31.1%-14.9%-12.9% -0.9%
52-week high $14.66$52.51$48.69 $779.14
52-week low $8.71$18.74$28.10 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCVRPKOHWS
P/E now vs peer median -4.0xmedian 25.4x 23.4xmedian 25.4x -55.4xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.9x 0.4xmedian 1.9x 0.4xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -9.7xmedian 14.3x 12.0xmedian 14.3x 42.0xmedian 14.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median -6.9xmedian 21.8x 31.6xmedian 21.8x 46.5xmedian 21.8x
P/B now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 2.2x 1.6xmedian 2.2x 1.3xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.04median 1.41 0.38median 1.41 1.70median 1.41

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCVRPKOHWS
Revenue $27.43M $1.65B $5.30B
Gross profit $3.01M $286.50M $549.30M
Operating income -$2.26M $71.50M $6.30M
Net income -$2.44M $26.50M -$56.50M
Free cash flow -$1.42M $20.50M $46.70M
EPS (diluted) $-2.53 $1.87 $-0.77
Cash & equivalents $770.75K $48.30M $248.20M
Total debt $3.50M $652.60M $2.20B
Shares (diluted) 966.13K 14.20M 50.00M
Enterprise value $4.10M $432.68M $1.61B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCVRPKOHWS
P/E -4.0x 23.4x -55.4x
P/FCF -6.9x 31.6x 46.5x
P/Operating cash flow -9.8x 9.6x 10.8x
P/S 0.4x 0.4x 0.4x
P/B 0.6x 1.6x 1.3x
P/Tangible book 0.6x 1.6x 1.4x
EV/EBITDA -9.7x 12.0x 42.0x
EV/EBIT -4.6x 17.5x 653.9x
EV/Revenue 0.4x 0.8x 0.8x
EV/FCF -7.4x 61.1x 88.2x
EV/Operating cash flow -10.6x 18.6x 20.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.04 0.38 1.70

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCVRPKOHWS
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.1% 2.7% 69.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -5.2% 0.8% 15.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 96.7% 4.9% 36.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 65.8% 5.6% 13.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 48.2% -7.1% -95.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -103.9% 10.1% -65.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 51.7% -4.7% -144.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -104.6% 66.6% -34.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 51.7% -6.0% -132.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -104.6% 62.5% -32.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 53.0% 476.1% 18.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 31.5% 93.5% -10.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 42.2% 187.6% 50.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 32.5% 46.1% -41.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCVRPKOHWS
Gross margin 11.0% 17.3% 10.4%
EBITDA margin -4.0% 6.3% 1.8%
Operating margin -8.3% 4.3% 0.1%
Pretax margin -8.3% 1.6% -0.2%
Net margin -8.9% 1.6% -0.7%
FCF margin -5.2% 1.2% 0.9%
Operating cash flow margin -3.6% 4.1% 3.8%
Return on equity -12.1% 6.9% -4.0%
Return on assets -9.1% 1.8% -1.4%
Return on invested capital -11.3% 6.1% 0.2%
Return on capital employed -11.6% 6.6% 0.3%
Asset turnover 1.2x 1.1x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.4x 2.5x -3.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.3% 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCVRPKOHWS
Debt / assets 6.4% 44.4% 36.5%
Debt / equity 0.1x 1.7x 1.3x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.7x 5.8x 19.9x
Debt / FCF -1.1x 31.8x 47.0x
Liabilities / assets 26.0% 73.3% 72.8%
Equity / assets 74.0% 26.7% 27.2%
Interest coverage – 1.4x 0.5x
Current ratio 3.0x 2.4x 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.4x 1.1x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 3.41 – 1.55

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCVRPKOHWS
Dividend yield 0.6% 1.1% 1.5%
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield 0.6% 1.1% 1.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) -3.6% – -57.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) -6.1% – 70.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) -52.6% – 2.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -53.2% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCVRPKOHWS
Forward P/E – 13.1xFY2026 11.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $3.41FY2026 $3.82FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +26.3%FY2026 +71.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +13.2% +30.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $1.78BFY2026 $10.90BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +11.5%FY2026 +217.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +5.8% +2.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCVRPKOHWS
Held by institutions 13.4% 55.8% 56.3%
Institutions holding 9 104 238
Change in shares held, QoQ -10.4% +6.4% +1.2%
Institutions buying 2 58 112
Institutions selling 2 27 68
Buyers to sellers 1.00 2.15 1.65

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CVRPKOHWS
CVR 1.00 0.08 0.12
PKOH 0.08 1.00 0.34
WS 0.12 0.34 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CVR, PKOH and WS?

Worthington Steel (WS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Chicago Rivet & Machine (CVR) $9.72M, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) $623.28M, Worthington Steel (WS) $2.13B.

Which company is growing faster?

Worthington Steel (WS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Chicago Rivet & Machine (CVR) +7.1%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) +2.7%, Worthington Steel (WS) +69.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) has the highest net margin (Chicago Rivet & Machine (CVR) -8.9%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) 1.6%, Worthington Steel (WS) -0.7%). On return on invested capital, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) leads (Chicago Rivet & Machine (CVR) -11.3%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) 6.1%, Worthington Steel (WS) 0.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) returned the most: Chicago Rivet & Machine (CVR) +6.2%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) +115.7%, Worthington Steel (WS) +33.0%. Over five years, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) compounded fastest (Chicago Rivet & Machine (CVR) -17.8%/yr, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) +13.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Worthington Steel (WS) has the highest dividend yield: Chicago Rivet & Machine (CVR) 0.01%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) 0.00%, Worthington Steel (WS) 0.02%. Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) has been the steadiest (Chicago Rivet & Machine (CVR) 57.3%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) 44.4%, Worthington Steel (WS) 47.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CVR, PKOH and WS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.