Company Analysis

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp. (AP)

NYSE: AP · Pumps & Pumping Equipment · Carnegie, PA · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade2.7
◀ Past 3.0● Present 3.0▶ Future 2.0

The grade of Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
2.7/10
◀ Past3.030% of the headline
● Present3.040% of the headline
▶ Future2.030% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2020-03-10.

weight 33% of this tense · 39th percentile among 68 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2020-03-10) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
2.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+1% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 3 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 28th percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $385 million in fiscal 2017 to $416 million in fiscal 2025, up 1% a year; it rose in 5 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 22% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 3 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span1.0%bottom 21% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 32% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 15% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak21.7%bottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
1.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.2% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 2 sales, 6 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 18th percentile among 57 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.'s diluted share count grew about 1.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 2 sales and 6 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $269 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 30% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

3.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
1.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -202%: lost 202¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 93%: owes 93¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 11th percentile among 65 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp. lost about 202 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 93 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 7% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 1% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 24% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
2.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 25% of 63 in its family; net margin -15.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 25th percentile among 63 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.'s standing among 63 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $416 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 17% by size; a net margin of -15.9% ranks in the bottom 9%; revenue growth of 3.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 48% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$416Mbottom 17% of its family
  • net margin-15.9%bottom 9% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth3.1%bottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
7.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 24% of 55 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2018.

weight 22% of this tense · 76th percentile among 55 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Mcbrayer, Brett (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2018-07-03, 8.4 years (top 21% of its family); the 10 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.1 years (top 21%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 10 people in charge now (top 28%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge3 in three years among 10 peopletop 28% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.1 yearstop 21% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8.4 yearstop 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

2.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
1.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 15% of 63 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 15th percentile among 63 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $11 million against debt of $118 million leaves -21.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 27% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -1.9% of revenue (bottom 17%); research spending of 0.1% of revenue (bottom 1%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-21.6%bottom 27% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-1.9%bottom 17% of its family
  • research spending against revenue0.1%bottom 1% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 31% of 64 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 31st percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 3.1% a year over the last three filed years against 1% over all 9, speeding up (top 40% of its family); the newest year grew 3.3% (bottom 42%); research spending grew -21.6% a year (bottom 6%); capital spending grew -17.4% a year (bottom 15%) (its annual reports). Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp. reported 6 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Forged and Cast Engineered Products at $293 million, Forged and Cast Mill Rolls at $274 million, Air and Liquid Processing at $142 million, and 3 more. 6 of 6 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 34% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+2.1 points a yeartop 40% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth3.3%bottom 42% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-21.6%bottom 6% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-17.4%bottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
1.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 16% of 62 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 16th percentile among 62 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $416 million in fiscal 2025 came in 0.4% above the $415 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 33% of its family); net income of $66 million against a prior three-year average of $12 million (bottom 4%); a net margin of -15.9% against -2.9% before (bottom 10%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace0.4%bottom 33% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-449%bottom 4% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-13.0 pointsbottom 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton AP · research, not advice