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Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation (AP)

Industrials | Metal Fabrication | Carnegie, United States | NYSE
8.86 USD -0.32 (-3.486%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 8.86

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:56 a.m. EDT

The long-term outlook is severely compromised by a decade-long structural decline where the stock has lost over 75% of its value, compounded by a complete absence of profitability with negative earnings and a deteriorating return on equity. Despite recent headlines citing increased customer orders, the financial reality shows shrinking revenues and persistent losses, making this a classic value trap where the market has correctly priced out the business quality. There is no dividend to provide income, and the balance sheet carries significant debt relative to equity. While the short-term chart shows some recent recovery and insider buying, the overwhelming options activity is dominated by put buyers hedging against further drops, indicating that even sophisticated traders see limited upside. The statistical forecast model is unreliable, so it cannot be used to counter the fundamental deterioration. This remains a high-risk speculative vehicle with no margin of safety.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.139986
AutoETS0.139987
MSTL0.161695
AutoTheta0.214487

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 38%
H-stat 0.17
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.493
Excess Kurtosis -0.78
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2017-04-10
Last Dividend Date 2017-04-10
Debt to Equity Ratio 294.165
Revenue per Share 21.102
Market Cap 183,035,360
Forward P/E 38.52
Beta 1.36
Profit Margins -13.84%
Website https://ampcopgh.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:56 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning aggressively for downside protection with heavy open interest in out-of-the-money puts (strikes 5.0 and 7.5) across multiple expirations, while call volume is concentrated in deep out-of-the-money strikes (17.5 and 20.0) suggesting speculative hopes for a massive rally rather than a measured advance. The imbalance in open interest favors sellers betting on continued weakness.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2017-04-11 0.0900 0.534125
2017-01-11 0.0900 0.594059
2016-10-12 0.0900 0.845865
2016-07-14 0.0900 0.689655
2016-04-13 0.0900 0.523560
2016-01-13 0.1800 1.902748
2015-10-13 0.1800 1.563857
2015-07-13 0.1800 1.257862
2015-04-13 0.1800 1.073986
2015-01-13 0.1800 0.965147
2014-10-10 0.1800 0.969305
2014-07-11 0.1800 0.824176
2014-04-11 0.1800 0.900000
2014-01-13 0.1800 0.989555
2013-10-10 0.1800 1.036269
2013-07-11 0.1800 0.912779
2013-04-11 0.1800 1.006711
2013-01-11 0.1800 0.915565
2012-10-11 0.1800 0.971922
2012-07-12 0.1800 1.005587
2012-04-12 0.1800 0.914170
2012-01-11 0.1800 0.891530
2011-10-12 0.1800 0.776197
2011-07-13 0.1800 0.724638
2011-04-13 0.1800 0.737403
2011-01-12 0.1800 0.652647
2010-10-13 0.1800 0.685714
2010-07-13 0.1800 0.817439
2010-04-13 0.1800 0.729927
2010-01-13 0.1800 0.581583
2009-10-13 0.1800 0.603824
2009-07-13 0.1800 0.828729
2009-04-13 0.1800 1.017524
2009-01-13 0.1800 0.906344
2008-10-10 0.1800 0.899101
2008-07-09 0.1800 0.452034
2008-04-11 0.1800 0.395691
2008-01-11 0.1500 0.433526
2007-10-11 0.1500 0.338219
2007-07-11 0.1500 0.332816
2007-04-11 0.1500 0.483403
2007-01-10 0.1000 0.319183
2006-10-11 0.1000 0.315956
2006-07-12 0.1000 0.306560
2006-04-11 0.1000 0.516796
2006-01-11 0.1000 0.691563
2005-10-13 0.1000 0.670241
2005-07-13 0.1000 0.816327
2005-04-13 0.1000 0.769231
2005-01-12 0.1000 0.722022
2004-10-13 0.1000 0.759301
2004-07-13 0.1000 0.767460
2004-04-13 0.1000 0.774593
2004-01-13 0.1000 0.738007
2003-10-10 0.1000 0.830565
2003-07-11 0.1000 0.838926
2003-04-11 0.1000 0.800641
2003-01-13 0.1000 0.763359
2002-10-10 0.1000 0.969932
2002-07-11 0.1000 0.833333
2002-04-11 0.1000 0.830565
2002-01-11 0.1000 0.917431
2001-10-10 0.1000 1.088139
2001-07-11 0.1000 0.851789
2001-04-12 0.1000 0.913242
2001-01-10 0.1000 0.833333
2000-10-11 0.1000 1.038961
2000-07-12 0.1000 0.864865
2000-04-12 0.1000 0.924855
2000-01-12 0.1000 0.874317
1999-10-13 0.1000 0.765550
1999-07-13 0.1000 0.740741
1999-04-13 0.1000 0.919540
1999-01-13 0.1000 0.898876
1998-10-13 0.0900 0.648649
1998-07-13 0.0900 0.562500
1998-04-13 0.0900 0.543396
1998-01-13 0.0900 0.555985
1997-10-10 0.0600 0.301887
1997-07-11 0.0600 0.360902
1997-04-11 0.0600 0.484848
1997-01-15 0.1600 1.347368
1996-10-11 0.0250 0.196078
1996-07-11 0.0250 0.212766
1996-04-11 0.0250 0.194175
1996-01-10 0.0250 0.246914
1995-10-12 0.0250 0.240964
1995-07-13 0.0250 0.253165
1995-04-07 0.0250 0.307692
1995-01-09 0.0250 0.289855
1994-10-07 0.0250 0.357143
1994-07-11 0.0250 0.392157
1994-04-11 0.0250 0.277778
1994-01-10 0.0250 0.312500
1993-10-08 0.0250 0.377358
1993-07-09 0.0500 0.769231
1993-04-08 0.0500 0.769231
1993-01-11 0.0500 0.597015
1992-10-08 0.0750 1.304348
1992-07-09 0.0750 1.034483
1992-04-09 0.0750 1.090909
1992-01-09 0.0750 0.937500
1991-10-08 0.0750 1.034483
1991-07-10 0.0750 1.016949
1991-04-08 0.0750 0.857143
1990-12-21 0.0750 1.276596
1990-10-09 0.0750 1.304348
1990-07-10 0.0750 0.882353
1990-04-06 0.0750 0.769231
1989-12-22 0.0750 0.631579
1989-10-10 0.0750 0.521739
1989-07-10 0.0750 0.540541
1989-04-06 0.0750 0.487805
1988-12-23 0.0750 0.560748
1988-10-05 0.0750 0.576923
1988-07-11 0.0750 0.582524
1988-04-04 0.0750 0.540541
1987-10-08 0.0750 0.434783
1987-07-13 0.0750 0.483871
1987-04-06 0.0750 0.540541
1986-12-24 0.0750 0.550459
1986-10-08 0.0750 0.500000
1986-07-11 0.0750 0.512821
1986-04-07 0.0750 0.512821
1985-12-24 0.0750 0.526316
1985-10-08 0.0750 0.600000
1985-07-10 0.0750 0.600000
1985-03-25 0.0750 0.508475
1984-12-24 0.0750 0.476190
1984-10-09 0.0750 0.342857
1973-02-28 0.0675 1.241379
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2017-04-11
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.09
lastDividendDate 2017-04-11
dividendDate 2017-04-28

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 2.210145
Address1 726 Bell Avenue
Address2 Suite 301
All Time High 54.46
All Time Low 0.74
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 74,040
Average Daily Volume3 Month 177,734
Average Volume 177,734
Average Volume10Days 74,040
Beta 1.362
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 400
Book Value 1.509
City Carnegie
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 8.86
Current Ratio 1.776
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 9.16
Day Low 8.7
Debt To Equity 294.165
Display Name Ampco-Pittsburgh
Dividend Date 1,493,337,600
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,589,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,589,000
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,451,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,794,400,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,794,400,200
Ebitda 31,931,000
Ebitda Margins 0.0746
Enterprise To Ebitda 10.499
Enterprise To Revenue 0.783
Enterprise Value 335,230,368
Eps Forward 0.23
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -2.94
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,491,868,800
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 8.6858
Fifty Day Average Change 0.17420006
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.02005573
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 221.0145
Fifty Two Week High 12.81
Fifty Two Week High Change -3.9500008
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.3083529
Fifty Two Week Low 1.75
Fifty Two Week Low Change 7.1099997
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 4.062857
Fifty Two Week Range 1.75 - 12.81
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 99,153,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 3.69
Float Shares 14,523,011
Forward Eps 0.23
Forward P E 38.521736
Free Cashflow 7,202,875
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 1,432
Fullday Change -0.320001
Fullday Change Percent -3.48585
Fullday Price 8.86
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.18917999
Gross Profits 80,979,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.21614
Held Percent Institutions 0.62339
Implied Shares Outstanding 20,658,621
Industry Metal Fabrication
Industry Disp Metal Fabrication
Industry Key metal-fabrication
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,491,868,800
Last Dividend Value 0.09
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 349,920,000
Last Split Factor 4:3
Long Business Summary Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in manufacture and sale of specialty metal products and customized equipment to commercial and industrial users worldwide. The company operates through two segments: Forged and Cast Engineered Products (FCEP); and Air and Liquid Processing (ALP). The FCEP segment produces forged hardened steel rolls, cast rolls, and forged engineered products that are used in hot and cold rolling mills by producers of steel, aluminum, and other metals; cast rolls for hot strip mills, medium/heavy section mills, roughing mills, and plate mills; and forged engineered products for narrow and wide strip and aluminum mills, back-up rolls for narrow strip mills, and leveling rolls and shafts for steel distribution market, oil and gas industry, and the aluminum and plastic extrusion industries. The ALP Aerofin segment produces custom-engineered finned tube heat exchange coils and related heat transfer products for various industries, including original equipment manufacturers and commercial, nuclear power generation, and industrial manufacturing; custom-designed air handling systems for institutional, pharmaceutical, and general industrial building markets; and manufactures centrifugal pumps for the fossil fueled power generation, marine defense, and industrial refrigeration industries. Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation was incorporated in 1929 and is headquartered in Carnegie, Pennsylvania.
Long Name Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 183,035,360
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_251148
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -59,252,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 189,646,140
Open 9.11
Operating Cashflow 10,891,000
Operating Margins 0.06408
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 1.12
Phone 412 456 4400
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 8.86
Post Market Time 1,787,961,021
Previous Close 9.18
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 5.871438
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.42761075
Profit Margins -0.13843
Quick Ratio 0.865
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.320001
Regular Market Change Percent -3.48585
Regular Market Day High 9.16
Regular Market Day Low 8.7
Regular Market Day Range 8.7 - 9.16
Regular Market Open 9.11
Regular Market Previous Close 9.18
Regular Market Price 8.86
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,203
Regular Market Volume 60,688
Return On Assets 0.01903
Return On Equity -0.90896004
Revenue Growth -0.09
Revenue Per Share 21.102
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Shares Outstanding 20,658,621
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0399
Shares Short 825,266
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 677,680
Short Name Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.0678
Short Ratio 6.63
Source Interval 15
State PA
Symbol AP
Total Cash 7,047,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.341
Total Debt 142,064,000
Total Revenue 428,041,984
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -2.94
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 7.68955
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.1704497
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.15221304
Type Disp Equity
Volume 60,688
Website https://ampcopgh.com
Zip 15,106