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PKOHPark-Ohio Holdings Corp.Sell4.3·$35.39+0.31%
SellModerate Confidence
Investment thesis

PKOH's quality score sits below the engine's floor with an already-reached analyst target and recent earnings misses, compounded by elevated put/call skew and modest insider selling.

Thesis pillars

  • Quality Below FloorStable
  • Analyst Target Reached Limited UpsideStable
  • Consecutive Earnings MissesStable
  • +2 more pillars — see the Why tab for full reasoning

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Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. (PKOH) Stock Analysis

Range Bound setup · Inst Constrain edge

SellVALUE-TRAP 1/5ValueModerate Confidence

Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery

Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $35.39: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.3/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 3.00; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum.

Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. provides supply chain management outsourcing services, capital equipment, and manufactured components in the United States, Europe, Asia, Mexico, Canada, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Supply Technologies, Assembly... Read more

$35.39+8.9% A.UpsideScore 4.3/10#56 of 58 Specialty Industrial Machinery
QualityF-score6 / 9FCF yield2.83%
IncomeYield1.38%(5y avg 2.54%)Payout28.57%sustainable
Stop $32.91Target $38.54(resistance)A.R:R -0.5:1
Analyst target$39.50+11.6%2 analysts
$38.54our TP
$35.39price
$39.50mean
$42

Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $35.39: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.3/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 3.00; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: RSI 54 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 4.3/10, moderate confidence.

Passes 6/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 29d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.

TrendMatrix Research · upcoming catalyst calendar

Upcoming dated catalysts

Wed, Aug 5, 202629d to earnings· next earnings call

Thesis

Rewards
No bull case signals
Risks
Concentration risk — Customer: five largest Assembly Components customers (53.0%)
Target reached (-5.1% upside)
Quality below floor (3.4 < 4.0)

Key Metrics

P/E (TTM)21.2
P/E (Fwd)10.8
Mkt Cap$535M
EV/EBITDA9.4
Profit Mgn1.5%
ROE5.7%
Rev Growth3.8%
Beta1.17
Dividend1.38%
Rating analysts7

Quality Signals

Piotroski F6/9

Options Flow

P/C3.00bearish
IV96%elevated

Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)

  • HIGHCustomerfive largest Assembly Components customers53%
    10-K Item 1: 'The five largest customers of Assembly Components accounted for approximately 53% and 55% of segment sales for 2025 and 2024, respectively.'
  • MEDIUMCustomerautomotive and heavy-duty truck industries32%
    10-K Item 1A: 'We derived 32% and 7% of our net sales during the year ended December 31, 2025 from the automotive and heavy-duty truck industries, respectively.'
  • MEDIUMCustomerfive largest Supply Technologies customers36%
    10-K Item 1: 'The five largest customers, to which Supply Technologies sells through sole-source contracts to multiple operating divisions or locations, accounted for approximately 36% and 34% of the sales of Supply Technologies in 2025 and 2024, respectively.'
  • MEDIUMCustomerten largest customers25%
    10-K Item 1A: 'For the year ended December 31, 2025, our ten largest customers accounted for approximately 25% of our net sales.'

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Rating Breakdown

5 floor-breakers

Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static

Earnings Growth
1.2
Revenue Growth
3.5

Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static

Macd
0.0
Volume
1.3
Obv
1.8
Rsi
5.5
Ma Position
6.0
Volume distribution (falling OBV)Above 200-day MA

No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static

Surprise Avg
0.0
Earnings History
1.1
Erm
5.0
Earnings Timing
5.0
Dividend Safety
5.5
Earnings concerns: 1B/2M

Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static

Gross Margin
0.0
Net Margin
0.7
Roe
1.9
Operating Margin
2.2
Roa
2.6
Moat
3.8
Fcf Quality
4.9
Piotroski F
6.7
Current Ratio
8.2
Earnings quality warning: 64% FCF/NINo competitive moat

Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static

Quality Rank
2.1
Growth Rank
2.6
Value Rank
9.2
Attractive P/E vs peers
GatesMomentum 2.9<4.5A.R:R -0.5=NEGATIVEInsider activity: OKNo SEC red flagsNEWS EVENTS NONE RECENTEARNINGS PROXIMITY 29d clearSEMI CYCLE PEAK CLEARMATERIALS CYCLE PEAK CLEARRange BoundSuitability: Aggressive
RSI
54 · Neutral
20D MA 50D MA 200D MAGOLDEN CROSSSupport $32.66Resistance $39.33

Price Targets

$33
$39
A.Upside+8.9%
A.R:R-0.5:1

Position Sizing

ConvictionNone
Suggested %0.5%
Max %1%
RegimeSteady

Risk Alerts

! Target reached (-5.1% upside)
! Quality below floor (3.4 < 4.0)
! momentum at 2.9 (below the engine's 4.5 threshold)

Earnings

B
M
M
M
1/4 beats
Next Earnings2026-08-05 (29d)

Verdict History

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Frequently Asked Questions
Is PKOH stock a buy right now?

Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $35.39: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.3/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 3.00; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: RSI 54 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $32.91. Score 4.3/10, moderate confidence.

What is the PKOH stock price target?

Take-profit target: $38.54 (+8.9% upside). Prior stop was $32.91. Stop-loss: $32.91.

What are the risks of investing in PKOH?

Concentration risk — Customer: five largest Assembly Components customers (53.0%); Target reached (-5.1% upside); Quality below floor (3.4 < 4.0).

Is PKOH overvalued or undervalued?

Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. trades at a P/E of 21.2 (forward 10.8). TrendMatrix value score: 7.9/10. Verdict: Sell.

What do analysts say about PKOH?

7 analysts cover PKOH with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $40.

What does Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. do?Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. provides supply chain management outsourcing services, capital equipment, and manufactured...

Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. provides supply chain management outsourcing services, capital equipment, and manufactured components in the United States, Europe, Asia, Mexico, Canada, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Supply Technologies, Assembly Components, and Engineered Products. The Supply Technologies segment offers Total Supply Management, a solution that manages aspects of supplying production parts and materials, such as engineering and design support, part usage and cost analysis, supplier selection, quality assurance, bar coding, product packaging and tracking, just-in-time and point-of-use delivery, electronic billing services, and ongoing technical support. This segment also provides production components, including valves, fuel hose assemblies, electro-mechanical hardware, labels, fittings, and steering components; and precision cold-formed and cold-extruded fasteners, and locknuts, as well as nuts, bolts, and wheel hardware under the SPAC brand. The Assembly Components segment offers high pressure direct fuel injection fuel rails and pipes; fuel filler pipes; plastic and rubber assemblies; Turbo Charging and Turbo Coolant hoses; and design engineering, machining, and parts assembly value-added services. The Engineered Products segment provides field services, induction heating and melting systems, pipe threading systems, and forged and machined products for the ferrous and non-ferrous metals, silicon, coatings, forging, foundry, automotive, and construction equipment industries. This segment also engineers and installs mechanical forging presses; sells spare parts, machine, induction harden, and surface finish crankshafts and camshafts for use in locomotives; and forge aerospace and defense structural components comprising landing gears and struts, and railcar center plate and draft lug rail products. Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

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