Is Ampco-Pittsburgh (NYSE:AP) gaining more confidence from insiders?

In general, we focus on analyzing Ampco-Pittsburgh (NYSE:AP) price patterns and their correlations with different microeconomic environment and drivers. We also apply predictive analytics to build Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp daily price indicators and compare them against related drivers. Let's try to recap what's happening with Ampco-Pittsburgh amid unprecedented political, and economic uncertainty.
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We provide trade advice to complement the prevailing expert consensus on Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp. Our dynamic recommendation engine uses a multidimensional algorithm to analyze the company's potential to grow using all technical and fundamental data available at the time.
The company has Net Profit Margin (PM) of 2.43 %, which suggests that even a small decline in it sales will erase profits and may result in a net loss, or a negative profit margin. This is typical in the industry. Likewise, it shows Net Operating Margin (NOM) of 1.68 %, which signifies that for every $100 of sales, it has a net operating income of 0.02.
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Ampco Pittsburgh Gross Profit

Ampco Pittsburgh Gross Profit growth is one of the most critical measures in evaluating the company. The Gross Profit growth rate is calculated simply by comparing Ampco Pittsburgh previous period's values with its current period's values. Each time period you're measuring should be of equal lengths the increase or decrease, in a company's Gross Profit between two periods. Here we show Ampco Pittsburgh Gross Profit growth over the last 10 years. Please check Ampco Pittsburgh's gross profit and other fundamental indicators for more details.

Going after Ampco Financials

The company generated the yearly revenue of 328.54 M. Reported Net Income was 7.97 M with gross profit of 71.03 M.
 2018 2019 2020 2021 (projected)
Interest Expense4.13 M5.34 M4.11 M3.25 M
Gross Profit67.59 M71.75 M71.03 M65.99 M

Cost of Revenue Breakdown

Ampco-Pittsburgh Cost of Revenue yearly trend continues to be very stable with very little volatility. Cost of Revenue is likely to grow to about 286.7 M this year. Cost of Revenue usually refers to the aggregate cost of goods produced and sold and services rendered during the reporting period. Ampco-Pittsburgh Cost of Revenue is very stable at the moment as compared to the past year. Ampco-Pittsburgh reported last year Cost of Revenue of 257.51 Million
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2014218.6 Million
2015196.09 Million
2016276.5 Million
2017316.98 Million
2018351.84 Million
2019326.16 Million
2020257.51 Million
2021286.72 Million

Will Ampco-Pittsburgh growth be viable after the roll up?

Recent Risk Adjusted Performance is up to 0.07. Price may decline again. Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp shows above-average downside volatility for the selected time horizon. We advise investors to inspect Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp further and ensure that all market timing and asset allocation strategies are consistent with the estimation of Ampco-Pittsburgh future alpha. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Ampco-Pittsburgh's stock risk against market volatility during both bullying and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Ampco-Pittsburgh's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different stocks as prices fall.

The Bottom Line

Although some other firms within the metal fabrication industry are still a little expensive, even after the recent corrections, Ampco-Pittsburgh may offer a potential longer-term growth to insiders. The inconsistency in the assessment between current Ampco-Pittsburgh valuation and our trade advice on Ampco-Pittsburgh is due to the recent market swings and your selection of investing horizon. Please use our equity advice module to run different scenarios to ensure your current risk level and investment horizon are fully reflective of your current investing preferences in regards to Ampco-Pittsburgh.

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