Hyster-Yale (HY) Competitors

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

Is HY or AIN a better dividend stock?

Hyster-Yale pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Albany International pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Hyster-Yale 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Albany International has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Hyster-Yale is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better earnings and valuation, HY or AIN?

Hyster-Yale has higher revenue and earnings than Albany International. Hyster-Yale 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	$4.31B	0.17	$142.30M	$5.61	7.51
Albany International	$1.23B	1.73	$87.62M	$2.48	28.39

Do analysts recommend HY or AIN?

Hyster-Yale currently has a consensus price target of $70.00, suggesting a potential upside of 66.19%. Albany International has a consensus price target of $79.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.20%. Given Hyster-Yale's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hyster-Yale is more favorable than Albany International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hyster-Yale	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Albany International	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

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

46.5% of Hyster-Yale shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Albany International shares are held by institutional investors. 34.5% of Hyster-Yale 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, HY or AIN?

Hyster-Yale has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albany International has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HY or AIN more profitable?

Albany International has a net margin of 6.44% compared to Hyster-Yale's net margin of 2.39%. Hyster-Yale's return on equity of 23.11% beat Albany International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hyster-Yale	2.39%	23.11%	5.51%
Albany International	6.44%	9.79%	5.47%

Does the media refer more to HY or AIN?

In the previous week, Albany International had 3 more articles in the media than Hyster-Yale. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Albany International and 2 mentions for Hyster-Yale. Albany International's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Hyster-Yale's score of 0.45 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Albany International	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Hyster-Yale and Albany International tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.