Aebi Schmidt (NASDAQ:AEBI – Get Free Report) and Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Dividends
Aebi Schmidt pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Columbus McKinnon pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Aebi Schmidt pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbus McKinnon pays out -3.8% 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. Columbus McKinnon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Profitability
This table compares Aebi Schmidt and Columbus McKinnon’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Aebi Schmidt | 1.09% | 2.59% | 1.04% |
| Columbus McKinnon | -21.25% | 10.02% | 2.36% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Aebi Schmidt and Columbus McKinnon”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Aebi Schmidt | $1.53 billion | 0.57 | $9.74 million | $0.32 | 35.06 |
| Columbus McKinnon | $1.19 billion | 0.36 | -$229.54 million | ($7.46) | -2.01 |
Aebi Schmidt has higher revenue and earnings than Columbus McKinnon. Columbus McKinnon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aebi Schmidt, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings for Aebi Schmidt and Columbus McKinnon, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Aebi Schmidt | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 |
| Columbus McKinnon | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.40 |
Aebi Schmidt currently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 51.52%. Columbus McKinnon has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.23%. Given Columbus McKinnon’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Columbus McKinnon is more favorable than Aebi Schmidt.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.1% of Aebi Schmidt shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk & Volatility
Aebi Schmidt has a beta of 2.59, suggesting that its share price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Aebi Schmidt beats Columbus McKinnon on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Aebi Schmidt
Aebi Schmidt Holding AG is a provider of mission-critical infrastructure, environmental and agricultural solutions. Aebi Schmidt Holding AG, formerly known as The Shyft Group Inc., is based in NOVI, Mich.
About Columbus McKinnon
Columbus McKinnon Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets motion solutions for moving, lifting, positioning, and securing materials worldwide. It offers manual, battery, electric, and air hoists; steel, rack, and pinion jacks; winches, hydraulic jacks and tools, trolleys and its clamps, and lifting tables; skates and heavy load moving systems; material handling equipment; mobile, workplace, and jib cranes; crane components and kits; and below-the-hook lifting devices, lifting slings, and lashing systems. The company also provides linear motion products, elevator and mining drives, brakes, radio controls, collision avoidance systems, regenerative drives, AC and DC drive and motor control systems, DC motor and magnet control systems, and conductor bar systems; and underfloor lifting systems, lifting jacks, roof working platforms, hybrid lifting systems, turntables, bogie axle exchange and lifting systems, bogie lift and turn devices, and workshop equipment. In addition, it offers fabric and modular belt, and sanitary, stainless steel conveyors; pallet systems; parts and belts; rotary unions and swivel joints; check valves; accumulation and transfer tables, motion control systems, and steel and flexible chains; hooks, shackles, textile slings, clamps, and load binders; actuators and rotary unions; and push button pendant stations, collision avoidance, and power delivery subsystems. It serves EV production and aerospace, energy and utilities, process industries, industrial automation, construction and infrastructure, food and beverage, entertainment, life sciences, consumer packaged goods, and e-commerce/supply chain/warehousing markets. It offers its products to end users directly, and through distributors, independent crane builders, material handling specialists and integrators, original equipment manufacturers, government agencies, and engineering procurement and construction firms. The company was founded in 1875 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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