Contrasting Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (NYSE:HY) & Traton (OTCMKTS:TRATF)

Traton (OTCMKTS:TRATF) and Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (NYSE:HY) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

46.5% of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling shares are held by institutional investors. 33.9% of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling 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.

Profitability

This table compares Traton and Hyster-Yale Materials Handling’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Traton	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	4.13%	44.49%	8.40%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Traton and Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Traton	0	0	0	0	N/A
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	0	1	2	0	2.67

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling has a consensus price target of $87.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.34%. Given Hyster-Yale Materials Handling’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hyster-Yale Materials Handling is more favorable than Traton.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Traton and Hyster-Yale Materials Handling”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Traton	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling	$4.25 billion	0.27	$125.90 million	$8.63	7.62

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling has higher revenue and earnings than Traton.

Summary

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling beats Traton on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Traton

Traton SE manufactures and sells commercial vehicles worldwide. It operates in Industrial Business and Financial Services segments. The company offers light- to heavy-duty trucks for distributors, long-distance vans, and construction vehicles, as well as city buses, and intercity and travel coaches; bus chassis, commercial trucks, and diesel engines; and school and commercial buses under the IC Bus brand. It also provides a cloud-based platform for the transport and logistics industry under the RIO brand; and after-sales services and custom digital solutions. The company offers its products and services under the MAN, Scania, Navistar, and Volkswagen Truck & Bus brands. In addition, it provides customers financing solutions, such as loans and leases. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany. Traton SE is a subsidiary of Volkswagen Finance Luxemburg S.A.

About Hyster-Yale Materials Handling

Hyster-Yale, Inc., through its subsidiaries, designs, engineers, manufactures, sells, and services a line of lift trucks, attachments, and aftermarket parts worldwide. The company manufactures components, such as frames, masts, and transmissions; and assembles lift trucks. It markets its products primarily under the Hyster and Yale brand names to independent Hyster and Yale retail dealerships. The company also sells aftermarket parts under the Hyster and Yale, as well as UNISOURCE and PREMIER brands to Hyster and Yale dealers for the service of competitor lift trucks. In addition, it produces and distributes attachments, forks, and lift tables under the Bolzoni, Auramo, and Meyer brand names; and designs and produces products in the port equipment and rough terrain forklift markets. Further, the company designs, manufactures, and sells hydrogen fuel-cell stacks and engines. It serves light and heavy manufacturers, trucking and automotive companies, rental companies, building materials and paper suppliers, lumber, metal products, warehouses, retailers, food distributors, container handling companies, and U.S. and non-U.S. governmental agencies. The company was formerly known as Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. and changed its name to Hyster-Yale, Inc. in June 2024. Hyster-Yale, Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.