Contrasting Weir Group (OTCMKTS:WEGRY) and Mayville Engineering (NYSE:MEC)

Weir Group (OTCMKTS:WEGRY) and Mayville Engineering (NYSE:MEC) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.

Risk & Volatility

Weir Group has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mayville Engineering has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Weir Group and Mayville Engineering”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Weir Group	$3.38 billion	2.55	$325.59 million	N/A	N/A
Mayville Engineering	$555.69 million	1.20	-$8.11 million	($0.80)	-40.80

Weir Group has higher revenue and earnings than Mayville Engineering.

Profitability

This table compares Weir Group and Mayville Engineering’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Weir Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mayville Engineering	-2.93%	-5.77%	-2.58%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Weir Group and Mayville Engineering, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Weir Group	0	3	2	0	2.40
Mayville Engineering	1	1	4	0	2.50

Mayville Engineering has a consensus price target of $29.75, indicating a potential downside of 8.85%. Given Mayville Engineering’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mayville Engineering is more favorable than Weir Group.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

45.4% of Mayville Engineering shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Mayville Engineering shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

About Weir Group

The Weir Group PLC produces and sells highly engineered original equipment worldwide. It operates in two segments, Minerals and ESCO. The Minerals segment offers engineering, manufacturing, and service processing technology for the use in abrasive high-wear mining applications; and differentiated technology for the use in infrastructure and general industrial markets. The ESCO segment provides ground engaging tools for large mining machines. This segment also offers cloud-based Artificial Intelligence solutions to the mining industry; manufactures and distributes highly engineered wear parts; and offers aftermarket services to the mining industry. The company offers its products under the Accumin, All-Cast, Aspir, Bucyrus Blades, Carbide Plus, Cavex, Delta Industrial, Enduron, ESCO, EverSharp, GEHO, GeoVor, Infinity, Isogate, Kwik-Lok, Lewis, Linacure, Linagard, Linard, Linatex, Loadmaster, MaxTemp, Motion Metrics, Multiflo, Nemisys, Posilok, Production Master, ProFill, Sand,aster, Super V, SV2, Synertrex, TopLock, Trio, UltraEdge, Ultrlok, Uni-Lok, Vulco, Warman, and Whisler Plus brands. The Weir Group PLC was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Glasgow, the United Kingdom.

About Mayville Engineering

Mayville Engineering Company, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production, design, prototyping and tooling, fabrication, aluminum extrusion, coating, and assembling of aftermarket components in the United States. It also supplies engineered components to original equipment manufacturers. The company serves heavy and medium duty commercial vehicles, construction and access equipment, powersports, agriculture, military, and other end markets. Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.