TriMas (TRS) Competitors

TriMas (NASDAQ:TRS) and Mayville Engineering (NYSE:MEC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Do analysts recommend TRS or MEC?

TriMas presently has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.26%. Mayville Engineering has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.12%. Given TriMas' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TriMas is more favorable than Mayville Engineering.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TriMas	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Mayville Engineering	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, TRS or MEC?

TriMas has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mayville Engineering has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to TRS or MEC?

In the previous week, TriMas had 3 more articles in the media than Mayville Engineering. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for TriMas and 1 mentions for Mayville Engineering. TriMas' average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Mayville Engineering's score of 0.65 indicating that TriMas is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TriMas	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Mayville Engineering	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TRS or MEC?

TriMas has higher revenue and earnings than Mayville Engineering. TriMas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mayville Engineering, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TriMas	$893.55M	1.21	$40.36M	$0.97	27.44
Mayville Engineering	$588.42M	0.56	$7.84M	$0.42	38.14

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TRS or MEC?

99.4% of TriMas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of Mayville Engineering shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of TriMas shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Mayville Engineering shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TRS or MEC more profitable?

TriMas has a net margin of 4.48% compared to Mayville Engineering's net margin of 1.40%. TriMas' return on equity of 9.68% beat Mayville Engineering's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TriMas	4.48%	9.68%	4.82%
Mayville Engineering	1.40%	6.01%	2.69%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TRS or MEC?

TriMas received 126 more outperform votes than Mayville Engineering when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.21% of users gave Mayville Engineering an outperform vote while only 54.50% of users gave TriMas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TriMas	Outperform Votes 212 54.50%	Underperform Votes 177 45.50%
Mayville Engineering	Outperform Votes 86 56.21%	Underperform Votes 67 43.79%

Summary

TriMas beats Mayville Engineering on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.