Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. PKOH

Competitive advantage analysis · industrials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
46/100
Developing

Ranked against 81 peers in Specialty Industrial Machinery

About Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.

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, which consists of engineering and design support, part usage and cost analysis, supplier selection, quality … Full PKOH analysis →

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.79), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.77), suggesting sticky customer base.

Key risks

  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.22), raising refinancing risk.
  • Weak or Negative Cash Flow Cash generation is weak (score 0.29), limiting financial flexibility.

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Pricing Power

Developing
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Where PKOH ranks in Specialty Industrial Machinery

Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. ranks #46 of 82 scored companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery by moat score — the top 56%. The widest moat in the group is Graco Inc. (GGG) at 86/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
42 Tennant Company TNC 50/100 Developing
43 Mirion Technologies, Inc. MIR 48/100 Developing
44 Helios Technologies, Inc. HLIO 47/100 Developing
45 Luxfer Holdings PLC LXFR 47/100 Developing
46 Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. PKOH 46/100 Developing
47 Chart Industries, Inc. GTLS 46/100 Developing
48 Generac Holdlings Inc. GNRC 45/100 Developing
49 ATS Corporation ATS 45/100 Developing
50 Broadwind, Inc. BWEN 45/100 Developing

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How PKOH scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 45 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 65 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 48 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 43 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 34 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 41 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding PKOH's moat

What is Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.'s moat score?

Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. (PKOH) scores 46 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #46 of 82 scored companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery, the top 56%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 81 companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (65/100) and its weakest is Resilience (34/100).

How does Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. compare with other Specialty Industrial Machinery companies?

Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. ranks #46 of 82 scored companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery by moat score. The widest moat in Specialty Industrial Machinery is Graco Inc. (GGG) at 86/100. The companies ranked closest are Luxfer Holdings PLC (LXFR) at 47 just above it and Chart Industries, Inc. (GTLS) at 46 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 81 companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and PKOH scores: Pricing Power (45), Cost Advantage (65), Customer Stickiness (48), Capital Efficiency (43), Resilience (34), Scale & Market Position (41). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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