MEC vs WS vs PKOH Stock Comparison

Mayville Engineering Company, Worthington Steel and Park Ohio Holdings Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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WS Worthington Steel, Inc.
$40.47 +3.2% 1M +31.2% 1Y
Market cap
$2.07B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$5.30B
Div. yield
1.58%
Metal Fabrication Industrials
4 wins
PKOH Park Ohio Holdings Corp
$43.50 -8.9% 1M +118.5% 1Y
Market cap
$630.32M
P/E
22.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.65B
Div. yield
1.17%
Metal Fabrication Industrials
6 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, Mayville Engineering Company 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMECWSPKOHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $408.27M $2.07B $630.32M WS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -28.8x -52.8x 22.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 66.7x 10.6x 12.8x WS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +14.8% +69.1% +2.7% WS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -2.3% -0.7% 1.6% PKOH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -1.2% 0.2% 6.1% PKOH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.6x 19.9x 5.8x MEC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 1.58% 1.17% WS
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -11.0% +31.2% +118.5% PKOH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -1.4%/yr — +11.3%/yr PKOH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 55.5% 47.4% 44.6% PKOH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 30/100 34/100 52/100 PKOH

Percentile Scorecard

MECWSPKOH

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

AxisMECWSPKOH
Valuation 48 #106 of 204 61 #80 of 204 87 #28 of 204
Growth 8 #175 of 191 34 #126 of 191 76 #47 of 191
Profitability 22 #148 of 189 28 #137 of 189 41 #112 of 189
Financial Health 31 #152 of 221 10 #199 of 221 13 #192 of 221
Shareholder Returns 41 #95 of 159 37 #101 of 159 45 #88 of 159
Overall 30 34 52
  • MEC ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • WS ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • PKOH ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodMECWSPKOHSPY
1 month -2.4%+3.2%-8.9% -1.0%
3 months -37.2%+6.3%+4.5% -0.4%
6 months -31.4%-3.4%+43.8% +4.5%
Year to date -14.5%+16.9%+107.7% +12.4%
1 year -11.0%+31.2%+118.5% +13.6%
3 years +32.0%—+71.6% +76.4%
3 years, per year +9.7%—+19.7% +20.8%
5 years -6.9%—+70.7% +63.7%
5 years, per year -1.4%—+11.3% +10.4%
10 years ——+41.2% +267.7%
10 years, per year ——+3.5% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureMECWSPKOHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 55.5%47.4%44.6% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 53.0%50.1%43.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.551.601.30 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.200.662.65 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -66.1%-51.5%-62.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -57.4%-16.9%-17.2% -1.6%
52-week high $37.54$48.69$52.51 $779.14
52-week low $12.73$28.10$18.74 $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.

MultipleMECWSPKOH
P/E now vs peer median -28.8xmedian 25.5x -52.8xmedian 25.5x 22.8xmedian 25.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 1.9x 0.4xmedian 1.9x 0.4xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 14.9xmedian 14.4x 41.0xmedian 14.4x 11.8xmedian 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -60.2xmedian 23.3x 44.4xmedian 23.3x 30.7xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 2.2x 1.3xmedian 2.2x 1.6xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.57median 1.16 1.62median 1.16 0.37median 1.16

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 monthsMECWSPKOH
Revenue $612.39M $5.30B $1.65B
Gross profit $56.34M $549.30M $286.50M
Operating income -$8.51M $6.30M $71.50M
Net income -$14.20M -$56.50M $26.50M
Free cash flow -$6.78M $46.70M $20.50M
EPS (diluted) $-0.55 $-0.77 $1.87
Cash & equivalents $1.51M $248.20M $48.30M
Total debt $130.17M $2.20B $652.60M
Shares (diluted) 25.83M 50.00M 14.20M
Enterprise value $400.99M $2.16B $441.12M

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
MetricMECWSPKOH
P/E -28.8x -52.8x 22.8x
P/FCF -60.2x 44.4x 30.7x
P/Operating cash flow 24.9x 10.3x 9.4x
P/S 0.7x 0.4x 0.4x
P/B 1.2x 1.3x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 1.8x 1.3x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA 14.9x 41.0x 11.8x
EV/EBIT -63.1x 638.2x 17.3x
EV/Revenue 0.9x 0.8x 0.7x
EV/FCF -79.2x 86.1x 60.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 32.8x 20.0x 18.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.57 1.62 0.37

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMECWSPKOH
Revenue growth (1Y) 14.8% 69.1% 2.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.5% 15.5% 0.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 1.2% 36.2% 4.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -4.4% 13.4% 5.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) -134.4% -95.9% -7.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -35.4% -65.2% 10.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -216.2% -144.9% -4.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -55.7% -34.5% 66.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -193.1% -132.7% -6.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -50.6% -32.5% 62.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -74.1% 18.9% 476.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -20.7% -10.4% 93.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -112.9% 50.2% 187.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -60.4% -41.1% 46.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMECWSPKOH
Gross margin 9.2% 10.4% 17.3%
EBITDA margin 5.9% 1.8% 6.3%
Operating margin -1.4% 0.1% 4.3%
Pretax margin -3.7% -0.2% 1.6%
Net margin -2.3% -0.7% 1.6%
FCF margin -1.1% 0.9% 1.2%
Operating cash flow margin 2.7% 3.8% 4.1%
Return on equity -4.4% -4.0% 6.9%
Return on assets -2.4% -1.4% 1.8%
Return on invested capital -1.2% 0.2% 6.1%
Return on capital employed -1.7% 0.3% 6.6%
Asset turnover 1.0x 1.3x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.2x -3.6x 2.5x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% 0.2% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMECWSPKOH
Debt / assets 21.5% 36.5% 44.4%
Debt / equity 0.4x 1.3x 1.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.6x 19.9x 5.8x
Debt / FCF -19.2x 47.0x 31.8x
Liabilities / assets 46.0% 72.8% 73.3%
Equity / assets 54.0% 27.2% 26.7%
Interest coverage -0.6x 0.5x 1.4x
Current ratio 1.7x 1.8x 2.4x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.8x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 2.09 1.54 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMECWSPKOH
Dividend yield – 1.6% 1.2%
Net buyback yield 0.7% – –
Shareholder yield 0.7% 1.6% 1.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – -57.9% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 70.0% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 2.2% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusMECWSPKOH
Forward P/E 66.7xFY2026 10.6xFY2026 12.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.24FY2026 $3.82FY2026 $3.41FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -22.6%FY2026 +71.3%FY2026 +26.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +354.2% +30.4% +13.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $666.72MFY2026 $10.90BFY2026 $1.78BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +22.0%FY2026 +217.0%FY2026 +11.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +4.5% +2.4% +5.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMECWSPKOH
Held by institutions 83.1% 56.3% 55.8%
Institutions holding 158 239 104
Change in shares held, QoQ +47.1% +1.2% +6.4%
Institutions buying 100 113 58
Institutions selling 40 68 27
Buyers to sellers 2.50 1.66 2.15

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.

MECWSPKOH
MEC 1.00 0.34 0.30
WS 0.34 1.00 0.33
PKOH 0.30 0.33 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MEC, WS and PKOH?

Worthington Steel (WS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) $408.27M, Worthington Steel (WS) $2.07B, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) $630.32M.

Which company is growing faster?

Worthington Steel (WS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) +14.8%, Worthington Steel (WS) +69.1%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) +2.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) has the highest net margin (Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) -2.3%, Worthington Steel (WS) -0.7%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) 1.6%). On return on invested capital, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) leads (Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) -1.2%, Worthington Steel (WS) 0.2%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) 6.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) returned the most: Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) -11.0%, Worthington Steel (WS) +31.2%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) +118.5%. Over five years, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) compounded fastest (Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) -1.4%/yr, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) +11.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Worthington Steel (WS) has the highest dividend yield: Worthington Steel (WS) 1.58%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) 1.17%. Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) has been the steadiest (Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) 55.5%, Worthington Steel (WS) 47.4%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) 44.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.