Alamo Group, Inc. (ALG) vs Hyster-Yale, Inc. (HY)

Alamo Group, Inc. and Hyster-Yale, Inc. are both Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery companies. Alamo Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.7B against $483.2M — 3.4× the size. Hyster-Yale, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Alamo Group, Inc. trades at 21.2×. Alamo Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 1.81% against −14.2%. Alamo Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (4.72% vs −3.86%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.99% vs −8.19%). Both pay a dividend; Hyster-Yale, Inc. yields more (5.28% vs 1.00%). Across the 21 metrics below, Alamo Group, Inc. leads on 17 and Hyster-Yale, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric ALG HY Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery median
P/E 21.17 n/m 21.67
P/S 1.00 0.15 0.77
P/B 1.38 1.32 1.31
Price to free cash flow 10.83 70.35 20.59
EV/EBITDA 7.99 n/m 11.30
EV/Sales 1.00 0.25 1.11
Earnings yield 4.72% (26.43%) 3.08%
Free cash flow yield 9.23% 1.42% 3.12%

Profitability

Metric ALG HY Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery median
Gross margin 22.91% 15.11% 22.91%
Operating margin 6.93% (2.76%) 4.47%
Net margin 4.72% (3.86%) 1.41%
Free cash flow margin 9.35% 0.21% 2.26%
Return on equity 6.70% (28.35%) 3.99%
Return on assets 4.71% (6.49%) 1.31%
Return on invested capital 5.99% (8.19%) 4.09%

Growth

Metric ALG HY Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.81% (14.18%) 1.81%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (10.80%) (142.29%) (27.79%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.63% 6.03% 6.63%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 12.42% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ALG HY Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.20 1.05 0.66
Current ratio 4.19 1.24 1.98
Net debt to EBITDA (0.50) 10.42 1.12

Dividend

Metric ALG HY Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery median
Dividend yield 1.00% 5.28% 1.24%
Payout ratio 0.21 — 0.31

Size

Metric ALG HY Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery median
Market cap 1.66b 483.23m 836.63m

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