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Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (HY) Competitors

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$52.75 +0.17 (+0.32%)
(As of 11:20 AM ET)

HY vs. ESE, AIN, SXI, B, KMT, TNC, CMCO, PRLB, GRC, and TRS

Should you be buying Hyster-Yale Materials Handling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling include ESCO Technologies (ESE), Albany International (AIN), Standex International (SXI), Barnes Group (B), Kennametal (KMT), Tennant (TNC), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Proto Labs (PRLB), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), and TriMas (TRS). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling vs.

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (NYSE:HY) and ESCO Technologies (NYSE:ESE) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

ESCO Technologies has a net margin of 9.92% compared to Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's net margin of 3.68%. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's return on equity of 34.77% beat ESCO Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling3.68% 34.77% 7.41%
ESCO Technologies 9.92%9.09%6.00%

In the previous week, ESCO Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than Hyster-Yale Materials Handling. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for ESCO Technologies and 2 mentions for Hyster-Yale Materials Handling. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat ESCO Technologies' score of 0.91 indicating that Hyster-Yale Materials Handling is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
ESCO Technologies
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling has higher revenue and earnings than ESCO Technologies. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ESCO Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling$4.27B0.22$125.90M$8.915.92
ESCO Technologies$1.03B3.48$101.88M$3.9435.12

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling presently has a consensus target price of $80.00, indicating a potential upside of 51.66%. ESCO Technologies has a consensus target price of $147.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.59%. Given Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hyster-Yale Materials Handling is more favorable than ESCO Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
ESCO Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

46.5% of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of ESCO Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 33.9% of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of ESCO Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

ESCO Technologies received 175 more outperform votes than Hyster-Yale Materials Handling when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.89% of users gave ESCO Technologies an outperform vote while only 56.77% of users gave Hyster-Yale Materials Handling an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hyster-Yale Materials HandlingOutperform Votes
239
56.77%
Underperform Votes
182
43.23%
ESCO TechnologiesOutperform Votes
414
58.89%
Underperform Votes
289
41.11%

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESCO Technologies has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. ESCO Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ESCO Technologies pays out 8.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling beats ESCO Technologies on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HY vs. The Competition

MetricHyster-Yale Materials HandlingIndustrial trucks & tractors IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$923.55M$2.85B$9.62B$19.70B
Dividend Yield2.54%1.76%2.02%3.51%
P/E Ratio5.928.3421.2643.81
Price / Sales0.220.405.1617.72
Price / Cash5.535.2719.2921.73
Price / Book2.311.664.575.46
Net Income$125.90M$324.96M$398.18M$987.88M
7 Day Performance-4.92%-6.60%-2.24%-2.19%
1 Month Performance-4.28%-6.47%3.65%0.78%
1 Year Performance-9.72%-14.89%24.92%16.53%

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HY
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling
3.7432 of 5 stars
$52.75
+0.3%
$80.00
+51.7%
-9.4%$923.55M$4.27B5.928,600Positive News
ESE
ESCO Technologies
3.1028 of 5 stars
$139.88
-0.1%
$147.50
+5.4%
+21.2%$3.61B$1.03B35.553,281
AIN
Albany International
2.9049 of 5 stars
$82.46
+0.6%
$85.50
+3.7%
-15.9%$2.58B$1.27B25.615,600
SXI
Standex International
3.9419 of 5 stars
$204.98
+1.0%
$227.00
+10.7%
+33.6%$2.48B$720.64M33.293,700Positive News
B
Barnes Group
1.7547 of 5 stars
$47.10
+0.1%
$47.67
+1.2%
+57.5%$2.40B$1.62B-61.136,500
KMT
Kennametal
2.0132 of 5 stars
$26.78
+0.4%
$26.17
-2.3%
+2.5%$2.08B$2.05B20.848,447Analyst Forecast
TNC
Tennant
4.8694 of 5 stars
$84.70
+0.8%
$112.00
+32.2%
-7.3%$1.60B$1.24B14.934,457
CMCO
Columbus McKinnon
4.2341 of 5 stars
$38.86
-0.1%
$51.50
+32.5%
-0.5%$1.11B$1.00B73.573,515
PRLB
Proto Labs
1.0231 of 5 stars
$44.15
+1.3%
$40.33
-8.6%
+14.4%$1.08B$504.19M46.372,415Positive News
GRC
Gorman-Rupp
3.9005 of 5 stars
$41.18
+1.6%
N/A+20.3%$1.08B$657.53M27.971,450
TRS
TriMas
4.7037 of 5 stars
$26.01
0.0%
$40.00
+53.8%
-4.0%$1.06B$893.55M40.663,400

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This page (NYSE:HY) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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