Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (HY) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, HY or AIN?

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albany International has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor HY or AIN?

In the previous week, Albany International had 4 more articles in the media than Hyster-Yale Materials Handling. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Albany International and 10 mentions for Hyster-Yale Materials Handling. Albany International's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's score of 0.51 indicating that Albany International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Albany International	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HY or AIN?

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
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	$4.16B	0.17	$125.90M	$5.61	7.24
Albany International	$1.21B	1.65	$111.12M	$2.48	26.55

Is HY or AIN a better dividend stock?

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Albany International pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling pays out 25.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Albany International pays out 43.5% 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 Albany International has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is HY or AIN 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
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	3.68%	34.77%	7.41%
Albany International	7.92%	12.20%	6.69%

Do analysts rate HY or AIN?

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling presently has a consensus price target of $80.00, indicating a potential upside of 97.07%. Albany International has a consensus price target of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.02%. Given Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research 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
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Albany International	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HY or AIN?

Albany International received 11 more outperform votes than Hyster-Yale Materials Handling when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.43% of users gave Albany International an outperform vote while only 56.71% of users gave Hyster-Yale Materials Handling an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	Outperform Votes 241 56.71%	Underperform Votes 184 43.29%
Albany International	Outperform Votes 252 60.43%	Underperform Votes 165 39.57%

Summary

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling beats Albany International on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.