Morgan Advanced Materials (OTCMKTS:MCRUF – Get Free Report) and Hyster-Yale (NYSE:HY – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
46.5% of Hyster-Yale shares are held by institutional investors. 37.8% of Hyster-Yale shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Morgan Advanced Materials and Hyster-Yale’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Morgan Advanced Materials | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Hyster-Yale | -3.33% | -21.03% | -4.87% |
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Morgan Advanced Materials | $1.31 billion | 0.73 | $27.83 million | N/A | N/A |
| Hyster-Yale | $3.77 billion | 0.16 | -$60.10 million | ($6.56) | -5.28 |
Morgan Advanced Materials has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hyster-Yale.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Morgan Advanced Materials and Hyster-Yale, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Morgan Advanced Materials | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Hyster-Yale | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
Hyster-Yale has a consensus target price of $47.50, indicating a potential upside of 37.24%. Given Hyster-Yale’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hyster-Yale is more favorable than Morgan Advanced Materials.
Risk and Volatility
Morgan Advanced Materials has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hyster-Yale has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hyster-Yale beats Morgan Advanced Materials on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Morgan Advanced Materials
Morgan Advanced Materials plc operates as a materials science and application engineering company primarily the United Kingdom. It serves customers in the industrial, transportation, petrochemical and chemical, energy, semiconductor and electronics, healthcare, and security and defense markets. The company was formerly known as The Morgan Crucible Company plc and changed its name to Morgan Advanced Materials plc in March 2013. Morgan Advanced Materials plc was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Windsor, the United Kingdom.
About Hyster-Yale
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.
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