HYLN vs WAVE vs HUBB Stock Comparison

Hyliion Holdings, Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) and Hubbell Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HYLN Hyliion Holdings Corp.
$3.37 -15.3% 1M +59.0% 1Y
Market cap
$601.87M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$9.25M
Div. yield
–
Power Equipment Industrials
3 wins
HUBB Hubbell Inc
$437.29 -6.1% 1M -4.0% 1Y
Market cap
$23.10B
P/E
25.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.59B
Div. yield
1.30%
Electrical Equipment Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

7 decided of 12

Hubbell leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Hubbell 4, Hyliion Holdings 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHYLNWAVEHUBBLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $601.87M $213.97M $23.10B HUBB
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -11.5x -61.3x 25.5x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 21.8x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +163.2% — +16.0% HYLN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -564.3% — 13.8% HUBB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 11.3% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 3.0x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — 1.30% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +59.0% -43.5% -4.0% HYLN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -16.1%/yr -7.3%/yr +17.0%/yr HUBB
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 98.9% 70.4% 32.2% HUBB
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 33/100 56/100 HYLN

Percentile Scorecard

HYLNWAVEHUBB

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

AxisHYLNWAVEHUBB
Valuation 33 #41 of 61 0 #24 of 24 38 #127 of 203
Growth 88 #8 of 58 36 #15 of 23 72 #53 of 188
Profitability 13 #48 of 55 5 #22 of 23 86 #27 of 184
Financial Health 93 #6 of 71 91 #3 of 24 15 #184 of 217
Shareholder Returns – – 70 #46 of 153
Overall 57 33 56
  • HYLN ranked among 71 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • WAVE ranked among 24 companies in Power Generation
  • HUBB ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodHYLNWAVEHUBBSPY
1 month -15.3%-28.0%-6.1% +0.9%
3 months +4.7%-35.4%-5.1% +5.9%
6 months +88.3%-35.5%-19.9% +8.5%
Year to date +83.2%-21.6%-1.5% +13.3%
1 year +59.0%-43.5%-4.0% +12.4%
3 years +497.4%+94.9%+55.6% +88.1%
3 years, per year +81.5%+24.9%+15.9% +23.5%
5 years -58.3%-31.6%+119.3% +68.2%
5 years, per year -16.1%-7.3%+17.0% +11.0%
10 years ——+318.1% +263.4%
10 years, per year ——+15.4% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureHYLNWAVEHUBBSPY
Volatility, 1Y 98.9%70.4%32.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 92.9%63.5%35.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.181.071.19 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.60-0.62-0.12 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -94.0%-86.3%-33.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -58.4%-53.8%-21.6% -0.9%
52-week high $8.10$9.92$557.85 $779.14
52-week low $1.58$4.38$407.36 $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.

MultipleHYLNWAVEHUBB
P/E now vs peer median -11.5xmedian 29.4x -61.3xmedian 24.9x 25.5xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 65.1xmedian 2.6x —median 2.7x 3.5xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -10.5xmedian 18.4x —median 11.6x 17.3xmedian 14.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median -10.6xmedian 24.4x —median 13.8x 24.9xmedian 21.8x
P/B now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 1.8x 28.0xmedian 2.1x 5.6xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -0.38median 1.07 —median 0.61 2.53median 1.41

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 monthsHYLNWAVEHUBB
Revenue $9.25M – $6.59B
Gross profit $603.00K – $2.33B
Operating income -$58.73M -$3.00M $1.33B
Net income -$52.19M -$3.50M $915.00M
Free cash flow -$56.62M – $928.00M
R&D $37.27M $747.00K –
EPS (diluted) $-0.29 – $17.12
Cash & equivalents $13.20M $8.15M $334.50M
Total debt – $4.83M $5.12B
Shares (diluted) 178.44M – 53.10M
Enterprise value $267.77M $186.71M $21.35B

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
MetricHYLNWAVEHUBB
P/E -11.5x -61.3x 25.5x
P/FCF -10.6x – 24.9x
P/Operating cash flow -14.2x – 20.9x
P/S 65.1x – 3.5x
P/B 3.6x 28.0x 5.6x
P/Tangible book 3.6x 28.0x 23.7x
EV/EBITDA -10.5x – 17.3x
EV/EBIT -9.2x -69.1x 20.9x
EV/Revenue 58.1x – 4.2x
EV/FCF -9.5x – 30.0x
EV/Operating cash flow -12.7x – 25.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.38 – 2.53

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHYLNWAVEHUBB
Revenue growth (1Y) 163.2% – 16.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 62.1% – 7.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 154.4% – 17.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 29.7% – 9.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 11.9% -16.2% 15.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 29.6% -1.5% 10.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 7.3% -17.5% 5.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 30.7% -14.6% 9.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 8.9% – 6.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 30.4% – 10.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 10.5% – 9.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 30.3% – 12.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 16.0% – 9.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 24.4% – 14.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHYLNWAVEHUBB
Gross margin 6.5% – 35.4%
EBITDA margin -551.3% – 24.5%
Operating margin -635.2% – 20.2%
Pretax margin -564.5% – 17.7%
Net margin -564.3% – 13.8%
FCF margin -612.3% – 14.1%
Operating cash flow margin -458.2% – 16.8%
Return on equity -29.7% -56.2% 22.8%
Return on assets -28.2% -40.5% 7.7%
Return on invested capital – – 11.3%
Return on capital employed -33.4% -48.6% 13.5%
Asset turnover 0.0x – 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x – 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 64.8% – 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHYLNWAVEHUBB
Debt / assets – 12.0% 43.0%
Debt / equity – 0.2x 1.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 3.0x
Debt / FCF – – 5.5x
Liabilities / assets 5.6% 24.5% 65.4%
Equity / assets 94.4% 75.5% 34.6%
Interest coverage – -2.9x –
Current ratio 7.6x 3.5x 1.5x
Quick ratio 7.1x 3.4x 0.8x
Cash ratio 6.8x 3.3x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 33.51 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHYLNWAVEHUBB
Dividend yield – – 1.3%
Net buyback yield – – 0.9%
Shareholder yield – – 2.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusHYLNWAVEHUBB
Forward P/E – – 21.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.32FY2026 $-0.74FY2026 $20.07FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +10.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +21.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $14.80MFY2026 $179.29KFY2026 $7.32BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +325.2%FY2026 – +25.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +127.8% +35.0% +9.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHYLNWAVEHUBB
Held by institutions 33.4% 1.2% 96.1%
Institutions holding 168 22 1,015
Change in shares held, QoQ +19.5% +520.8% -0.4%
Institutions buying 106 14 511
Institutions selling 38 2 318
Buyers to sellers 2.79 7.00 1.61

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.

HYLNWAVEHUBB
HYLN 1.00 0.00 0.33
WAVE 0.00 1.00 0.13
HUBB 0.33 0.13 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HYLN, WAVE and HUBB?

Hubbell (HUBB) is the largest by market capitalisation: Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) $601.87M, Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (WAVE) $213.97M, Hubbell (HUBB) $23.10B.

Which company is growing faster?

Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) +163.2%, Hubbell (HUBB) +16.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Hubbell (HUBB) has the highest net margin (Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) -564.3%, Hubbell (HUBB) 13.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) returned the most: Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) +59.0%, Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (WAVE) -43.5%, Hubbell (HUBB) -4.0%. Over five years, Hubbell (HUBB) compounded fastest (Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) -16.1%/yr, Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (WAVE) -7.3%/yr, Hubbell (HUBB) +17.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Hubbell (HUBB) 1.30%. Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) and Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (WAVE) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Hubbell (HUBB) has been the steadiest (Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) 98.9%, Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (WAVE) 70.4%, Hubbell (HUBB) 32.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HYLN, WAVE and HUBB?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Hubbell (HUBB) leads on 4. 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.