Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (HY) Competitors

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

Is HY or ESE a better dividend stock?

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. 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 raised 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HY or ESE?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	$4.12B	0.23	$125.90M	$8.91	5.97
ESCO Technologies	$1.03B	3.62	$92.54M	$3.94	36.62

Do analysts rate HY or ESE?

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling currently has a consensus price target of $80.00, indicating a potential upside of 50.46%. ESCO Technologies has a consensus price target of $147.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.22%. Given Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's higher possible 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

Does the media refer more to HY or ESE?

In the previous week, ESCO Technologies had 22 more articles in the media than Hyster-Yale Materials Handling. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for ESCO Technologies and 7 mentions for Hyster-Yale Materials Handling. ESCO Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's score of 0.21 indicating that ESCO Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ESCO Technologies	8 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, HY or ESE?

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESCO Technologies has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HY or ESE?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HY or ESE?

ESCO Technologies received 173 more outperform votes than Hyster-Yale Materials Handling when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.86% of users gave ESCO Technologies an outperform vote while only 56.77% of users gave Hyster-Yale Materials Handling an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	Outperform Votes 239 56.77%	Underperform Votes 182 43.23%
ESCO Technologies	Outperform Votes 412 58.86%	Underperform Votes 288 41.14%

Is HY or ESE more profitable?

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 Handling	3.68%	34.77%	7.41%
ESCO Technologies	9.92%	9.22%	6.04%

Summary

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling beats ESCO Technologies on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.