Stocks · Industrials · Manufacturing - Metal Fabrication
Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp. AP
$9.70 +7.90% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $197.2M
Strong trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 11, 2026
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Three things to know
- Over the past year the stock returned +331.1%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 316.0 percentage points.
- The diluted share count rose 6.6% in a year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $428.0M, up 3.3% from a year earlier, slowing from 6.3% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 30%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 2%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 44%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 14%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 35%
- Gross marginBottom 19%
- Operating marginBottom 30%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 8%
- Interest coverBottom 30%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 9%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 23%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 11%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 13%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 1%
- 6-month returnTop 18%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 1%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 48%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 26%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 17%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 14%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 6.3% | 3.3% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 20.2% | 15.1% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 2.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 0.2% | -0.9% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 3.3% | 6.3% | ↓ | Bottom 30% |
| Gross margin | 15.1% | 20.2% | ↓ | Bottom 19% |
| Operating margin | 2.1% | 1.9% | ↑ | Bottom 30% |
| Net margin | -13.8% | -1.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -0.9% | 0.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 2.4% | — | Bottom 35% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 3.6% | — | Bottom 44% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -14.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -3.6 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.01%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.01%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +6.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +3.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 11, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 4
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | -12.5% | +13.0% | +9.2% | +0.9% | — |
| May 12, 2026 | -150.0% | -10.5% | -19.6% | -12.0% | -20.0% |
| Mar 16, 2026 | -312.5% | +1.3% | -16.7% | +6.3% | +26.7% |
| Nov 12, 2025 | — | -6.4% | +28.4% | +67.6% | +284.3% |
| Aug 13, 2025 | — | -5.6% | -16.8% | -20.9% | -42.9% |
| May 12, 2025 | — | +6.3% | +1.9% | +27.1% | +29.4% |
| Mar 12, 2025 | — | -2.7% | +21.2% | -1.1% | +94.0% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | — | -1.1% | -10.0% | +12.6% | +15.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | $0.07 | $0.08 | -12.5% | $102.9M |
| May 12, 2026 | -$0.04 | $0.08 | -150.0% | $108.3M |
| Mar 16, 2026 | -$0.17 | $0.08 | -312.5% | $108.8M |
| Nov 12, 2025 | $0.04 | — | — | $108.0M |
| Aug 13, 2025 | -$0.06 | — | — | $113.1M |
| May 12, 2025 | $0.06 | — | — | $104.3M |
| Mar 12, 2025 | $0.16 | — | — | $100.9M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -$0.10 | — | — | $96.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 0.78× | — | — | Top 13% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -2.02% | — | — | Bottom 23% |
| Earnings yield | -30.24% | — | — | Bottom 9% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 13.1× – 103.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 7
- Days above the 200-day average
- 13
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +7.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +11.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +15.7%
- RSI (14)
- 65.3
- Relative volume
- 2.01×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 62.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 42th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.86
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.36
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -20.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -74.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 2021 | Jul 2, 2024 | -91.4% | 854 days | 410 days (Feb 20, 2026) |
| May 8, 2026 | Jul 8, 2026 | -41.2% | 40 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Mar 18, 2026 | -36.4% | 6 days | 24 days (Apr 22, 2026) |
| Oct 23, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | -21.6% | 8 days | 22 days (Dec 7, 2020) |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | -15.1% | 10 days | 7 days (Feb 5, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $197.2M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$2.93
- Revenue (TTM)
- $428.0M
- 52-week range
- $1.75 – $12.81
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $344.9M | $390.2M | $422.3M | $418.3M | $434.2M |
| Gross profit | $66.1M | $62.2M | $74.6M | $81.5M | $58.2M |
| Operating income | -$4.8M | $2.8M | -$34.6M | $12.2M | $6.1M |
| Net income | -$3.9M | $3.4M | -$39.9M | $438,000 | -$66.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.20 | $0.18 | -$2.04 | $0.02 | -$3.28 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $96.2M | $100.9M | $104.3M | $113.1M | $108.0M | $108.8M | $108.3M | $102.9M |
| Net income | -$2.0M | $3.1M | $1.1M | -$7.3M | -$2.2M | -$57.7M | -$867,000 | $1.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.10 | $0.16 | $0.06 | -$0.36 | -$0.11 | -$2.85 | -$0.04 | $0.07 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$15.9M | -$27.2M | -$3.7M | $18.0M | $1.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$15.2M | -$16.7M | -$20.4M | -$12.2M | -$9.4M |
| Free cash flow | -$31.1M | -$43.9M | -$24.1M | $5.8M | -$8.1M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $3.3M | $193,000 | $0 | $0 | $18,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $7.0M
- Total assets
- $490.9M
- Total liabilities
- $442.6M
- Total debt
- $142.1M
- Net debt
- $135.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $31.1M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 11, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2017 | $0.09 | Apr 28, 2017 |
| Jan 11, 2017 | $0.09 | Jan 30, 2017 |
| Oct 12, 2016 | $0.09 | Oct 28, 2016 |
| Jul 14, 2016 | $0.09 | Jul 29, 2016 |
| Apr 13, 2016 | $0.09 | Apr 29, 2016 |
| Jan 13, 2016 | $0.18 | Jan 29, 2016 |
| Oct 13, 2015 | $0.18 | Oct 30, 2015 |
| Jul 13, 2015 | $0.18 | Jul 31, 2015 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 861,287
- Days to cover
- 14.58
- Change vs previous report
- +2.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Feb 2, 1981
- 4-for-3