HY vs HYSR vs WPRT Stock Comparison

Hyster-Yale, Sunhydrogen and Aetherion Technologies Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HY Hyster-Yale, Inc.
$29.39 -8.2% 1M -19.3% 1Y
Market cap
$511.39M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.51B
Div. yield
0.05%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
7 wins
HYSR Sunhydrogen, Inc.
$0.02 0.0% 1M -33.3% 1Y
Market cap
$94.62M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.25K
Div. yield
–
Fuel Cells Industrials
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Hyster-Yale leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Hyster-Yale 7, Aetherion Technologies 1, Sunhydrogen 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHYHYSRWPRTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $511.39M $94.62M $34.58M HY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -4.4x -14.5x -0.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -11.1% — -73.4% HY
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -3.3% -522,521.9% -493.2% HY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -8.9% — -39.8% HY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -14.3x — 1.0x HY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.05% 0.00% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -19.3% -33.3% -0.6% WPRT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -9.4%/yr -13.0%/yr -43.0%/yr HY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 51.6% 141.6% 53.5% HY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 32/100 45/100 25/100 HYSR

Percentile Scorecard

HYHYSRWPRT

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

AxisHYHYSRWPRT
Valuation 66 #70 of 203 34 #41 of 62 11 #180 of 203
Growth 3 #182 of 188 22 #46 of 59 31 #131 of 188
Profitability 26 #136 of 183 6 #52 of 55 4 #175 of 183
Financial Health 12 #191 of 216 97 #3 of 72 54 #100 of 216
Shareholder Returns 52 #73 of 152 64 #11 of 29 –
Overall 32 45 25
  • HY ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • HYSR ranked among 72 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • WPRT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodHYHYSRWPRTSPY
1 month -8.2%0.0%-2.9% +0.7%
3 months -12.5%0.0%+18.5% +3.7%
6 months -25.5%-33.3%+2.8% +7.1%
Year to date -1.1%-33.3%+26.8% +12.8%
1 year -19.3%-33.3%-0.6% +11.9%
3 years -24.3%+100.0%-59.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year -8.8%+26.0%-26.2% +22.8%
5 years -38.8%-50.0%-94.0% +67.6%
5 years, per year -9.4%-13.0%-43.0% +10.9%
10 years -48.7%0.0%-87.2% +262.0%
10 years, per year -6.5%0.0%-18.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureHYHYSRWPRTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 51.6%141.6%53.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 49.8%620.4%47.8% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.581.520.63 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.37-0.24-0.01 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -67.6%-88.9%-96.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -27.5%-50.0%-19.4% -1.2%
52-week high $40.56$0.04$2.47 $779.14
52-week low $26.49$0.02$1.54 $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.

MultipleHYHYSRWPRT
P/E now vs peer median -4.5xmedian 25.8x -16.9xmedian 26.6x -0.8xmedian 25.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 1.9x 91,987xmedian 2.6x 4.1xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -29.4xmedian 14.6x -11.0xmedian 18.9x -0.5xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 35.6xmedian 22.2x -22.7xmedian 30.1x -3.9xmedian 22.2x
P/B now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 2.2x 3.6xmedian 1.9x 0.7xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.06median 1.45 0.17median 0.97 -0.11median 1.45

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 monthsHYHYSRWPRT
Revenue $3.51B $1.25K $8.50M
Gross profit $539.30M – $952.00K
Operating income -$81.30M -$7.52M -$23.52M
Net income -$116.90M -$6.53M -$41.91M
Free cash flow $14.80M -$5.07M -$8.83M
R&D – $4.33M $5.35M
EPS (diluted) $-6.53 $0.00 $-2.42
Cash & equivalents – $12.13M $23.95M
Total debt $500.00M – $972.00K
Shares (diluted) 17.91M 5.53B 17.34M
Enterprise value $511.39M -$40.00M -$202.52M

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
MetricHYHYSRWPRT
P/E -4.5x -16.9x -0.8x
P/FCF 35.6x -22.7x -3.9x
P/Operating cash flow 6.8x -22.7x -4.4x
P/S 0.1x 91,987x 4.1x
P/B 1.3x 3.6x 0.7x
P/Tangible book 1.4x 3.6x 0.7x
EV/EBITDA -29.4x -11.0x -0.5x
EV/EBIT -12.6x -11.0x -0.5x
EV/Revenue 0.3x 66,339x 1.4x
EV/FCF 69.4x -16.4x -1.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 13.3x -16.4x -1.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.06 0.17 -0.11

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHYHYSRWPRT
Revenue growth (1Y) -11.1% – -73.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -3.6% – -70.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -27.7% – -72.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -3.8% – -72.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) -204.0% -29.3% -71.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -41.7% 6.7% -35.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -601.7% 20.6% 21.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -73.5% -105.7% 7.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -620.5% 23.7% 18.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -73.3% -98.1% 7.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -46.0% -38.9% 55.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.1% -5.9% 10.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -83.7% -38.9% 55.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -37.7% -5.6% 27.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHYHYSRWPRT
Gross margin 15.4% – 11.2%
EBITDA margin -1.0% -600,651% -267.3%
Operating margin -2.3% -601,652% -276.7%
Pretax margin -2.9% -502,370% -423.1%
Net margin -3.3% -522,522% -493.2%
FCF margin 0.4% -405,229% -103.9%
Operating cash flow margin 2.2% -405,229% -93.2%
Return on equity -27.7% -19.4% -29.3%
Return on assets -5.9% -18.8% -19.9%
Return on invested capital -8.9% – -39.8%
Return on capital employed -8.6% -23.1% -42.2%
Asset turnover 1.8x 0.0x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.7x 0.8x 0.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.2% 93,359% 8.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHYHYSRWPRT
Debt / assets 25.9% – 1.1%
Debt / equity 1.3x – 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA -14.3x – 1.0x
Debt / FCF 33.8x – -0.1x
Liabilities / assets 79.6% 3.6% 38.5%
Equity / assets 20.4% 96.4% 61.5%
Interest coverage -2.7x – -100.9x
Current ratio 1.3x 37.9x 1.1x
Quick ratio – 37.6x 1.1x
Cash ratio – 37.2x 0.8x
Altman Z-score 2.22 54.19 -19.47

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHYHYSRWPRT
Dividend yield 4.9% – –
Net buyback yield -1.6% -0.1% 320.2%
Shareholder yield 3.3% -0.1% 320.2%
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.

ConsensusHYHYSRWPRT
EPS, next fiscal year $-3.99FY2026 – $-1.37FY2026
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.26BFY2026 – $10.34MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -13.6%FY2026 – -55.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.8% – +10.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHYHYSRWPRT
Held by institutions 48.6% – 21.0%
Institutions holding 153 – 47
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.6% – +70.5%
Institutions buying 88 – 17
Institutions selling 41 – 13
Buyers to sellers 2.15 – 1.31

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.

HYHYSRWPRT
HY 1.00 0.05 0.22
HYSR 0.05 1.00 0.02
WPRT 0.22 0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HY, HYSR and WPRT?

Hyster-Yale (HY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Hyster-Yale (HY) $511.39M, Sunhydrogen (HYSR) $94.62M, Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) $34.58M.

Which company is growing faster?

Hyster-Yale (HY) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Hyster-Yale (HY) -11.1%, Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -73.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Hyster-Yale (HY) has the highest net margin (Hyster-Yale (HY) -3.3%, Sunhydrogen (HYSR) -522,521.9%, Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -493.2%). On return on invested capital, Hyster-Yale (HY) leads (Hyster-Yale (HY) -8.9%, Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -39.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) returned the most: Hyster-Yale (HY) -19.3%, Sunhydrogen (HYSR) -33.3%, Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -0.6%. Over five years, Hyster-Yale (HY) compounded fastest (Hyster-Yale (HY) -9.4%/yr, Sunhydrogen (HYSR) -13.0%/yr, Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -43.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Hyster-Yale (HY) 0.05%, Sunhydrogen (HYSR) 0.00%. Sunhydrogen (HYSR) and Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Hyster-Yale (HY) has been the steadiest (Hyster-Yale (HY) 51.6%, Sunhydrogen (HYSR) 141.6%, Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) 53.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Hyster-Yale (HY) leads on 7. 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.