TEX vs. HY, VRRM, KAI, ENS, ALRM, ATS, BDC, WIRE, VMI, and HI
Should you be buying Terex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Terex include Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (HY), Verra Mobility (VRRM), Kadant (KAI), EnerSys (ENS), Alarm.com (ALRM), ATS (ATS), Belden (BDC), Encore Wire (WIRE), Valmont Industries (VMI), and Hillenbrand (HI). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Terex (NYSE:TEX) and Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (NYSE:HY) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Terex had 3 more articles in the media than Hyster-Yale Materials Handling. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Terex and 8 mentions for Hyster-Yale Materials Handling. Terex's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's score of 0.15 indicating that Terex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
93.4% of Terex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Terex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.9% of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Terex pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Terex pays out 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling pays out 17.9% 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.
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.
Terex has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hyster-Yale Materials Handling has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Terex received 366 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 56.72% of users gave Hyster-Yale Materials Handling an outperform vote.
Terex presently has a consensus price target of $64.21, suggesting a potential upside of 9.15%. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling has a consensus price target of $82.50, suggesting a potential upside of 39.22%. Given Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hyster-Yale Materials Handling is more favorable than Terex.
Terex has a net margin of 10.06% compared to Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's net margin of 3.06%. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's return on equity of 40.35% beat Terex's return on equity.
Summary
Terex beats Hyster-Yale Materials Handling on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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