Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (HY) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, AIN or HY?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Albany International	$1.15B	2.18	$111.12M	$3.20	24.96
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	$4.27B	0.21	$125.90M	$8.91	5.84

Is AIN or HY a better dividend stock?

Albany International pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Albany International pays out 33.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling pays out 15.7% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is AIN or HY more profitable?

Albany International has a net margin of 7.92% compared to Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's net margin of 3.68%. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's return on equity of 34.77% beat Albany International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Albany International	7.92%	12.20%	6.69%
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	3.68%	34.77%	7.41%

Which has more volatility & risk, AIN or HY?

Albany International has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hyster-Yale Materials Handling has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AIN or HY?

Albany International received 9 more outperform votes than Hyster-Yale Materials Handling when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.64% of users gave Albany International an outperform vote while only 56.77% of users gave Hyster-Yale Materials Handling an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Albany International	Outperform Votes 248 60.64%	Underperform Votes 161 39.36%
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	Outperform Votes 239 56.77%	Underperform Votes 182 43.23%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in AIN or HY?

97.4% of Albany International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Albany International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.9% of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer AIN or HY?

Albany International currently has a consensus price target of $80.75, indicating a potential upside of 1.11%. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling has a consensus price target of $80.00, indicating a potential upside of 53.86%. Given Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hyster-Yale Materials Handling is more favorable than Albany International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Albany International	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media prefer AIN or HY?

In the previous week, Hyster-Yale Materials Handling had 1 more articles in the media than Albany International. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Hyster-Yale Materials Handling and 4 mentions for Albany International. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Albany International's score of 0.56 indicating that Hyster-Yale Materials Handling is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Albany International	1 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling beats Albany International on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.