HY vs HYSR vs ROK Stock Comparison

Hyster-Yale, Sunhydrogen and Rockwell Automation Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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HY Hyster-Yale, Inc.
$30.20 -5.7% 1M -12.6% 1Y
Market cap
$541.06M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.51B
Div. yield
4.77%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
2 wins
HYSR Sunhydrogen, Inc.
$0.02 0.0% 1M -33.3% 1Y
Market cap
$114.98M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.25K
Div. yield
–
Fuel Cells Industrials
ROK Rockwell Automation, Inc
$444.39 -2.4% 1M +23.5% 1Y
Market cap
$49.35B
P/E
41.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.97B
Div. yield
1.24%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
8 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Rockwell Automation leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Rockwell Automation 8, Hyster-Yale 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHYHYSRROKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $541.06M $114.98M $49.35B ROK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -4.6x -16.9x 41.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 35.6x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -11.1% — +11.3% ROK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -3.3% -522,521.9% 13.4% ROK
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -8.9% — 21.0% ROK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -14.3x — 1.3x HY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 4.77% — 1.24% HY
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -12.6% -33.3% +23.5% ROK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -7.3%/yr -22.2%/yr +5.6%/yr ROK
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 51.7% 141.6% 31.6% ROK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 31/100 45/100 54/100 ROK

Percentile Scorecard

HYHYSRROK

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisHYHYSRROK
Valuation 66 #71 of 204 37 #40 of 63 15 #173 of 204
Growth 4 #184 of 191 19 #49 of 60 51 #95 of 191
Profitability 25 #142 of 189 5 #54 of 57 95 #10 of 189
Financial Health 11 #197 of 221 99 #2 of 72 35 #145 of 221
Shareholder Returns 51 #79 of 159 65 #12 of 32 73 #44 of 159
Overall 31 45 54
  • HY ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • HYSR ranked among 72 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • ROK ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodHYHYSRROKSPY
1 month -5.7%0.0%-2.4% -1.0%
3 months -25.5%0.0%-1.3% -0.4%
6 months -18.1%-33.3%-3.3% +4.5%
Year to date +1.6%-33.3%+14.2% +12.4%
1 year -12.6%-33.3%+23.5% +13.6%
3 years -30.9%+100.0%+68.5% +76.4%
3 years, per year -11.6%+26.0%+19.0% +20.8%
5 years -31.6%-71.4%+31.1% +63.7%
5 years, per year -7.3%-22.2%+5.6% +10.4%
10 years -42.5%+100.0%+278.0% +267.7%
10 years, per year -5.4%+7.2%+14.2% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureHYHYSRROKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 51.7%141.6%31.6% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 50.3%620.4%32.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.581.491.39 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.24-0.240.74 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -67.6%-88.9%-45.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -25.5%-50.0%-10.2% -1.6%
52-week high $40.56$0.04$495.08 $779.14
52-week low $26.49$0.02$348.51 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleHYHYSRROK
P/E now vs peer median -4.6xmedian 25.5x -16.9xmedian 26.4x 41.1xmedian 25.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 1.9x 91,987xmedian 2.6x 5.5xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -29.8xmedian 14.4x -11.0xmedian 19.6x 24.9xmedian 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 36.6xmedian 23.3x -22.7xmedian 29.9x 32.8xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 2.2x 3.6xmedian 1.8x 14.1xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.06median 1.16 0.17median 0.71 -9.36median 1.16

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsHYHYSRROK
Revenue $3.51B $1.25K $8.97B
Gross profit $539.30M – $4.41B
Operating income -$81.30M -$7.52M $1.77B
Net income -$116.90M -$6.53M $1.20B
Free cash flow $14.80M -$5.07M $1.50B
R&D – $4.33M $716.00M
EPS (diluted) $-6.53 $0.00 $10.76
Cash & equivalents – $12.13M $479.00M
Total debt $500.00M – $3.26B
Shares (diluted) 17.91M 5.53B 111.60M
Enterprise value $557.16M -$19.64M $47.54B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricHYHYSRROK
P/E -4.6x -16.9x 41.1x
P/FCF 36.6x -22.7x 32.8x
P/Operating cash flow 7.0x -22.7x 28.5x
P/S 0.2x 91,987x 5.5x
P/B 1.4x 3.6x 14.1x
P/Tangible book 1.5x 3.6x 17.7x
EV/EBITDA -29.8x -11.0x 24.9x
EV/EBIT -12.8x -11.0x 29.4x
EV/Revenue 0.3x 66,339x 5.8x
EV/FCF 70.3x -16.4x 34.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 13.5x -16.4x 30.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.06 0.17 -9.36

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHYHYSRROK
Revenue growth (1Y) -11.1% – 11.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -3.6% – 1.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -27.7% – 1.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -3.8% – 7.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -204.0% -29.3% -7.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -41.7% 6.7% 2.9%
Net income growth (1Y) -601.7% 20.6% 23.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -73.5% -105.7% -5.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -620.5% 23.7% 25.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -73.3% -98.1% -4.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -46.0% -38.9% 13.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.1% -5.9% 22.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -83.7% -38.9% 13.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -37.7% -5.6% 23.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHYHYSRROK
Gross margin 15.4% – 49.1%
EBITDA margin -1.0% -600,651% 23.3%
Operating margin -2.3% -601,652% 19.7%
Pretax margin -2.9% -502,370% 14.7%
Net margin -3.3% -522,522% 13.4%
FCF margin 0.4% -405,229% 16.8%
Operating cash flow margin 2.2% -405,229% 19.3%
Return on equity -27.7% -19.4% 30.9%
Return on assets -5.9% -18.8% 9.8%
Return on invested capital -8.9% – 21.0%
Return on capital employed -8.6% -23.1% 23.6%
Asset turnover 1.8x 0.0x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.7x 0.8x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.2% 93,359% 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHYHYSRROK
Debt / assets 25.9% – 29.4%
Debt / equity 1.3x – 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA -14.3x – 1.3x
Debt / FCF 33.8x – 2.2x
Liabilities / assets 79.6% 3.6% 68.5%
Equity / assets 20.4% 96.4% 31.5%
Interest coverage -2.7x – 12.8x
Current ratio 1.3x 37.9x 1.1x
Quick ratio – 37.6x 0.7x
Cash ratio – 37.2x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 2.22 54.19 6.01

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHYHYSRROK
Dividend yield 4.8% – 1.2%
Net buyback yield -1.5% -0.1% 1.4%
Shareholder yield 3.3% -0.1% 2.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) -22.1% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 174.3% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 4.0% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 5.5% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusHYHYSRROK
Forward P/E – – 35.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-3.99FY2026 – $12.50FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +18.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +12.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.26BFY2026 – $8.50BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -13.6%FY2026 – +1.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.8% – +19.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHYHYSRROK
Held by institutions 48.6% – 89.2%
Institutions holding 153 – 1,544
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.6% – +3.5%
Institutions buying 88 – 808
Institutions selling 41 – 438
Buyers to sellers 2.15 – 1.84

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

HYHYSRROK
HY 1.00 0.05 0.42
HYSR 0.05 1.00 0.13
ROK 0.42 0.13 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HY, HYSR and ROK?

Rockwell Automation (ROK) is the largest by market capitalisation: Hyster-Yale (HY) $541.06M, Sunhydrogen (HYSR) $114.98M, Rockwell Automation (ROK) $49.35B.

Which company is growing faster?

Rockwell Automation (ROK) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Hyster-Yale (HY) -11.1%, Rockwell Automation (ROK) +11.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Rockwell Automation (ROK) has the highest net margin (Hyster-Yale (HY) -3.3%, Sunhydrogen (HYSR) -522,521.9%, Rockwell Automation (ROK) 13.4%). On return on invested capital, Rockwell Automation (ROK) leads (Hyster-Yale (HY) -8.9%, Rockwell Automation (ROK) 21.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Rockwell Automation (ROK) returned the most: Hyster-Yale (HY) -12.6%, Sunhydrogen (HYSR) -33.3%, Rockwell Automation (ROK) +23.5%. Over five years, Rockwell Automation (ROK) compounded fastest (Hyster-Yale (HY) -7.3%/yr, Sunhydrogen (HYSR) -22.2%/yr, Rockwell Automation (ROK) +5.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Hyster-Yale (HY) has the highest dividend yield: Hyster-Yale (HY) 4.77%, Rockwell Automation (ROK) 1.24%. Sunhydrogen (HYSR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Rockwell Automation (ROK) has been the steadiest (Hyster-Yale (HY) 51.7%, Sunhydrogen (HYSR) 141.6%, Rockwell Automation (ROK) 31.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HY, HYSR and ROK?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Rockwell Automation (ROK) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.