Terex (TEX) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HY or TEX?

Terex received 365 more outperform votes than Hyster-Yale Materials Handling when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.11% of users gave Terex an outperform vote while only 56.55% of users gave Hyster-Yale Materials Handling an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	Outperform Votes 233 56.55%	Underperform Votes 179 43.45%
Terex	Outperform Votes 598 58.11%	Underperform Votes 431 41.89%

Is HY or TEX more profitable?

Terex has a net margin of 9.87% compared to Terex's net margin of 3.61%. Terex's return on equity of 42.94% beat Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	3.61%	42.94%	7.21%
Terex	9.87%	30.53%	13.57%

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

46.5% of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of Terex shares are held by institutional investors. 33.9% of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Terex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer HY or TEX?

In the previous week, Hyster-Yale Materials Handling had 9 more articles in the media than Terex. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Hyster-Yale Materials Handling and 7 mentions for Terex. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Terex's score of 0.52 indicating that Terex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Terex	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, HY or TEX?

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Terex has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HY or TEX a better dividend stock?

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Terex pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling pays out 15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Terex pays out 9.0% 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 1 consecutive years and Terex has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HY or TEX?

Terex has higher revenue and earnings than Hyster-Yale Materials Handling. Terex 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	$4.12B	0.32	$125.90M	$8.63	8.70
Terex	$5.15B	0.80	$518M	$7.55	8.10

Do analysts rate HY or TEX?

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling currently has a consensus price target of $88.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.81%. Terex has a consensus price target of $65.17, indicating a potential upside of 6.50%. Given Terex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hyster-Yale Materials Handling is more favorable than Terex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Terex	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Summary

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