Terex (TEX) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HY or TEX?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	Outperform Votes 232 56.72%	Underperform Votes 177 43.28%
Terex	Outperform Votes 598 58.11%	Underperform Votes 431 41.89%

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

46.5% of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of Terex shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.9% of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Terex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, HY or TEX?

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Terex has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HY or TEX more profitable?

Terex has a net margin of 9.87% compared to Terex's net margin of 3.06%. Terex's return on equity of 40.35% beat Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	3.06%	40.35%	6.04%
Terex	9.87%	30.53%	13.57%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	0.25	$125.90M	$7.25	8.06
Terex	$5.21B	0.72	$518M	$7.55	7.43

Does the media prefer HY or TEX?

In the previous week, Terex had 19 more articles in the media than Hyster-Yale Materials Handling. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Terex and 7 mentions for Hyster-Yale Materials Handling. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Terex's score of 0.75 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Terex	9 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer HY or TEX?

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling presently has a consensus price target of $82.50, indicating a potential upside of 41.27%. Terex has a consensus price target of $65.08, indicating a potential upside of 16.07%. Given Terex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Terex	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

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 2.2%. Terex pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling pays out 17.9% 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 increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Terex has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Summary

Terex beats Hyster-Yale Materials Handling on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.