Head to Head Contrast: Mayville Engineering (NYSE:MEC) & SFS Group (OTCMKTS:SFSLF)

SFS Group (OTCMKTS:SFSLF) and Mayville Engineering (NYSE:MEC) are both manufacturing companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for SFS Group and Mayville Engineering, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SFS Group	0	0	1	0	3.00
Mayville Engineering	0	1	3	0	2.75

Mayville Engineering has a consensus target price of $17.33, suggesting a potential upside of 50.72%. Given Mayville Engineering’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mayville Engineering is more favorable than SFS Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

42.8% of Mayville Engineering shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Mayville Engineering shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SFS Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mayville Engineering	2.41%	8.02%	3.79%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SFS Group and Mayville Engineering’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SFS Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mayville Engineering	$539.39 million	0.43	$18.73 million	$0.64	17.97

Mayville Engineering has higher revenue and earnings than SFS Group.

Summary

Mayville Engineering beats SFS Group on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SFS Group

SFS Group AG supplies mechanical fastening systems, assemblies, precision molded parts, and logistics solutions internationally. It offers airbag restraint systems; automation; bracket logic concept; brake systems; building technologies; clip nuts; communication technologies; components, assemblies, and complete devices; connections and reinforcements for timber construction; and domestic and kitchen appliances. The company also provides fasters for inserts; fastening and hinge technology for doors, windows, and glass facades; fastening system for the façade; furniture fittings; hand driving tools and wrenches; hard disk drives; inserts; interior plastics; life-saving fall protection; lifestyle electronics; mobile devices; sensors; seats and doors; connections and reinforcements for structural timber construction; tools, forest and garden equipment; wire and hypotubing; and window fittings. It offers its products to the aircraft, automotive, construction, electronics, medical, and other markets. SFS Group AG was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Heerbrugg, Switzerland.

About Mayville Engineering

Mayville Engineering Company, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production, prototyping and tooling, fabrication, 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 vehicle, construction and access equipment, powersports, agriculture, military, and other end markets. Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Mayville, Wisconsin.