Northland Capmk Has Negative Forecast for HY Q2 Earnings

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. (NYSE:HY) – Analysts at Northland Capmk dropped their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling in a report released on Wednesday, November 6th. Northland Capmk analyst E. Jackson now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.78 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.99. Northland Capmk currently has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Hyster-Yale Materials Handling’s current full-year earnings is $9.69 per share. Northland Capmk also issued estimates for Hyster-Yale Materials Handling’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.16 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.86 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Roth Mkm reduced their price objective on shares of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling from $84.00 to $70.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $80.00.

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Price Performance

Shares of HY opened at $56.09 on Thursday. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling has a twelve month low of $41.75 and a twelve month high of $84.44. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $62.77 and its 200-day simple moving average is $66.85. The firm has a market capitalization of $981.58 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.61 and a beta of 1.32. The company has a current ratio of 1.31, a quick ratio of 0.63 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53.

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (NYSE:HY) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 6th. The industrial products company reported $3.58 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.28 by $1.30. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling had a net margin of 4.13% and a return on equity of 44.49%. The business had revenue of $1.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.08 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.21 EPS.

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 13th. Investors of record on Friday, August 30th were given a $0.35 dividend. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 30th. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 14.00%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of HY. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its position in Hyster-Yale Materials Handling by 5.1% during the 1st quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 8,070 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $518,000 after purchasing an additional 395 shares during the last quarter. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division purchased a new position in Hyster-Yale Materials Handling during the 1st quarter worth $190,000. Sei Investments Co. boosted its holdings in shares of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling by 106.9% in the first quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 35,402 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $2,272,000 after acquiring an additional 18,293 shares in the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling by 20.2% in the first quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 26,002 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,669,000 after acquiring an additional 4,370 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Isthmus Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling by 33.4% in the first quarter. Isthmus Partners LLC now owns 57,957 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $3,719,000 after acquiring an additional 14,510 shares in the last quarter. 46.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.