HY vs. B, AIN, SXI, KMT, TNC, TRS, GRC, ERII, PRLB, and CMCO
Should you be buying Hyster-Yale Materials Handling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling include Barnes Group (B), Albany International (AIN), Standex International (SXI), Kennametal (KMT), Tennant (TNC), TriMas (TRS), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), Energy Recovery (ERII), Proto Labs (PRLB), and Columbus McKinnon (CMCO). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling vs.
Barnes Group (NYSE:B) and Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (NYSE:HY) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling has a net margin of 3.68% compared to Barnes Group's net margin of -2.46%. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's return on equity of 34.77% beat Barnes Group's return on equity.
90.8% of Barnes Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Barnes Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.9% of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling has higher revenue and earnings than Barnes Group. Barnes Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Barnes Group received 143 more outperform votes than Hyster-Yale Materials Handling when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.16% of users gave Barnes Group an outperform vote while only 56.74% of users gave Hyster-Yale Materials Handling an outperform vote.
Barnes Group has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hyster-Yale Materials Handling has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Barnes Group pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Barnes Group pays out -62.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling pays out 17.4% 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.
In the previous week, Barnes Group and Barnes Group both had 1 articles in the media. Barnes Group's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's score of -0.52 indicating that Barnes Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Barnes Group currently has a consensus price target of $47.67, suggesting a potential upside of 0.39%. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling has a consensus price target of $80.00, suggesting a potential upside of 91.78%. Given Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hyster-Yale Materials Handling is more favorable than Barnes Group.
Summary
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling beats Barnes Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HY) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
