Stocks · Industrials · Industrial - Machinery
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. HY
$31.23 +2.66% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $555.6M
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-6.56, down 629.0% year over year.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $3.51B, down 11.1% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 6%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 1%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 12%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 38%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 46%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 18%
- Gross marginBottom 19%
- Operating marginBottom 20%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 18%
- Interest coverBottom 19%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 12%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 44%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 17%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 1%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 32%
- 6-month returnBottom 41%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 28%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 48%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 27%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 34%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 39%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 24%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 43%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -12.2% | -11.1% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -199.6% | -629.0% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 18.9% | 15.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 2.4% | -1.6% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 2.3% | 0.4% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -11.1% | -12.2% | ↑ | Bottom 6% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -629.0% | -199.6% | ↓ | Bottom 1% |
| Gross margin | 15.4% | 18.9% | ↓ | Bottom 19% |
| Operating margin | -1.6% | 2.4% | ↓ | Bottom 20% |
| Net margin | -3.3% | 0.6% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 0.4% | 2.3% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -4.9% | — | Bottom 18% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 2.0% | — | Bottom 38% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -10.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +5.8 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -1.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 4.64%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.14%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.79%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $45.00
- Target vs current price
- +44.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 7
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 43%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | +20.0% | +0.2% | +0.1% | -3.4% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +5.0% | +3.6% | -5.6% | -5.8% | -13.1% |
| Mar 3, 2026 | -146.7% | -2.4% | -16.4% | -19.2% | -8.0% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | -400.0% | -3.0% | -10.8% | -16.5% | -6.1% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | -403.8% | +2.1% | -11.8% | -11.0% | -11.2% |
| May 6, 2025 | +4.3% | +1.9% | +6.5% | +3.9% | +5.6% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | -57.2% | +2.3% | -12.2% | -10.7% | -16.9% |
| Nov 5, 2024 | -50.8% | -14.7% | -14.2% | -10.2% | -17.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | -$1.76 | -$2.20 | +20.0% | $812.9M |
| May 5, 2026 | -$1.71 | -$1.80 | +5.0% | $795.2M |
| Mar 3, 2026 | -$2.96 | -$1.20 | -146.7% | $923.2M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | -$0.09 | $0.03 | -400.0% | $979.1M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | -$0.79 | $0.26 | -403.8% | $956.6M |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.49 | $0.47 | +4.3% | $910.4M |
| Feb 25, 2025 | $0.59 | $1.38 | -57.2% | $1.07B |
| Nov 5, 2024 | $0.97 | $1.97 | -50.8% | $1.02B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 0.28× | — | — | Top 1% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.66% | — | — | Bottom 44% |
| Earnings yield | -21.01% | — | — | Bottom 12% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.0× – 246.9× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -15.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -629.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +4021.2%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -7.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -9.5%
- RSI (14)
- 41.0
- Relative volume
- 0.86×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 53.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 68th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.13
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.39
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -22.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -67.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2021 | Oct 7, 2022 | -78.7% | 415 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $555.6M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$6.56
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.51B
- Dividend yield
- 4.64%
- 52-week range
- $26.41 – $41.30
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.08B | $3.55B | $4.12B | $4.31B | $3.77B |
| Gross profit | $363.4M | $433.9M | $785.6M | $895.5M | $633.8M |
| Operating income | -$152.3M | -$39.1M | $208.7M | $244.8M | $17.5M |
| Net income | -$173.0M | -$74.1M | $125.9M | $142.3M | -$60.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$10.29 | -$4.38 | $7.24 | $8.04 | -$3.39 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.02B | $1.07B | $910.4M | $956.6M | $979.1M | $923.2M | $795.2M | $812.9M |
| Net income | $17.2M | $10.3M | $8.6M | -$13.9M | -$2.3M | -$52.5M | -$30.3M | -$31.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.97 | $0.58 | $0.48 | -$0.79 | -$0.13 | -$2.96 | -$1.71 | -$1.76 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$253.5M | $40.6M | $150.7M | $170.7M | $86.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$44.3M | -$28.8M | -$35.4M | -$47.8M | -$62.5M |
| Free cash flow | -$297.8M | $11.8M | $115.3M | $122.9M | $23.6M |
| Dividends paid | -$21.6M | -$21.8M | -$22.3M | -$24.0M | -$25.4M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$14.0M | -$4.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $72.6M
- Total assets
- $1.93B
- Total liabilities
- $1.52B
- Total debt
- $500.0M
- Net debt
- $427.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $390.0M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | $0.37 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | $0.37 | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | $0.36 | Mar 13, 2026 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | $0.36 | Dec 16, 2025 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | $0.36 | Sep 16, 2025 |
| May 30, 2025 | $0.36 | Jun 13, 2025 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | $0.35 | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Nov 29, 2024 | $0.35 | Dec 13, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 704,866
- Days to cover
- 7.34
- Change vs previous report
- +4.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.