The Shyft Group (SHYF) Competitors

The Shyft Group (NASDAQ:SHYF) and Adient (NYSE:ADNT) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SHYF or ADNT?

Adient has higher revenue and earnings than The Shyft Group. Adient is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Shyft Group, 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
The Shyft Group	$792.89M	0.54	$6.50M	$0.01	1,216.00
Adient	$14.38B	0.11	$18M	-$3.20	-5.94

Is SHYF or ADNT more profitable?

Adient has a net margin of -0.01% compared to The Shyft Group's net margin of -0.36%. Adient's return on equity of 6.94% beat The Shyft Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Shyft Group	-0.36%	2.75%	1.31%
Adient	-0.01%	6.94%	1.77%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SHYF or ADNT?

Adient received 556 more outperform votes than The Shyft Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.43% of users gave Adient an outperform vote while only 54.10% of users gave The Shyft Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The Shyft Group	Outperform Votes 33 54.10%	Underperform Votes 28 45.90%
Adient	Outperform Votes 589 58.43%	Underperform Votes 419 41.57%

Do analysts recommend SHYF or ADNT?

The Shyft Group presently has a consensus price target of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.47%. Adient has a consensus price target of $18.22, indicating a potential downside of 4.09%. Given The Shyft Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe The Shyft Group is more favorable than Adient.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
The Shyft Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Adient	3 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.70

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in SHYF or ADNT?

85.8% of The Shyft Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Adient shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of The Shyft Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Adient shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer SHYF or ADNT?

In the previous week, Adient had 6 more articles in the media than The Shyft Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Adient and 1 mentions for The Shyft Group. The Shyft Group's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Adient's score of 0.71 indicating that The Shyft Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
The Shyft Group	Very Positive
Adient	Positive

Is SHYF or ADNT a better dividend stock?

The Shyft Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Adient pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. The Shyft Group pays out 2,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Adient pays out -34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Adient is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, SHYF or ADNT?

The Shyft Group has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adient has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Adient beats The Shyft Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.