Ampco-Pittsburgh (NYSE:AP) versus Ardagh Metal Packaging (NYSE:AMBP) Financial Contrast

Ampco-Pittsburgh (NYSE:AP) and Ardagh Metal Packaging (NYSE:AMBP) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Volatility & Risk

Ampco-Pittsburgh has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardagh Metal Packaging has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

49.2% of Ampco-Pittsburgh shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.9% of Ardagh Metal Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.6% of Ampco-Pittsburgh shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Ardagh Metal Packaging shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Ampco-Pittsburgh and Ardagh Metal Packaging’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ampco-Pittsburgh	1.04%	5.89%	0.79%
Ardagh Metal Packaging	0.13%	-76.86%	2.70%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Ampco-Pittsburgh and Ardagh Metal Packaging”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ampco-Pittsburgh	$418.30 million	0.17	$440,000.00	$0.22	15.66
Ardagh Metal Packaging	$4.91 billion	0.49	-$3.00 million	($0.03)	-133.33

Ampco-Pittsburgh has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ardagh Metal Packaging. Ardagh Metal Packaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ampco-Pittsburgh, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Ampco-Pittsburgh and Ardagh Metal Packaging, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ampco-Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ardagh Metal Packaging	1	3	1	0	2.00

Ardagh Metal Packaging has a consensus price target of $4.32, indicating a potential upside of 8.00%. Given Ardagh Metal Packaging’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ardagh Metal Packaging is more favorable than Ampco-Pittsburgh.

Summary

Ampco-Pittsburgh beats Ardagh Metal Packaging on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ampco-Pittsburgh

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in manufacture and sale of specialty metal products and customized equipment to commercial and industrial users worldwide. The company operates through Forged and Cast Engineered Products (FCEP); and Air and Liquid Processing (ALP) segments. The FCEP segment produces forged hardened steel rolls, cast rolls and, forged engineered products that are used in cold rolling mills by producers of steel, aluminum, and other metals; cast rolls for hot strip mills, medium/heavy section mills, roughing mills, and plate mills; and forged engineered products for narrow and wide strip and aluminum mills, back-up rolls for narrow strip mills, and leveling rolls and shafts. The ALP segment produces custom-engineered finned tube heat exchange coils and related heat transfer products for various industries, including OEM/commercial, nuclear power generation, and industrial manufacturing; custom-designed air handling systems for institutional, pharmaceutical, and general industrial building markets; and manufacture centrifugal pumps for the fossil fueled power generation, marine defense, and industrial refrigeration industries. Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation was incorporated in 1929 and is headquartered in Carnegie, Pennsylvania.

About Ardagh Metal Packaging

Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A., together with its subsidiaries, supplies consumer metal beverage cans in Europe, the United States, and Brazil. Its products are used in various end-use categories, including beer, carbonated soft drinks, energy drinks, hard seltzers, juices, pre-mixed cocktails, teas, sparkling waters, and wine. The company serves beverage producers. Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. is a subsidiary of Ardagh Group S.A.