Aebi Schmidt (AEBI) vs. Its Peers Financial Analysis

Aebi Schmidt (NASDAQ:AEBI) is one of 434 public companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Aebi Schmidt to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Aebi Schmidt and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aebi Schmidt	0	1	2	0	2.67
Aebi Schmidt Competitors	4115	14552	17978	787	2.41

Aebi Schmidt presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 55.82%. As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 31.02%. Given Aebi Schmidt’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Aebi Schmidt is more favorable than its competitors.

Risk and Volatility

Aebi Schmidt has a beta of 2.6, indicating that its stock price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aebi Schmidt’s competitors have a beta of 4.70, indicating that their average stock price is 370% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Aebi Schmidt and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aebi Schmidt	$1.95 billion	$9.74 million	34.09
Aebi Schmidt Competitors	$4.71 billion	$369.35 million	-6.03

Aebi Schmidt’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Aebi Schmidt. Aebi Schmidt is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Aebi Schmidt and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aebi Schmidt	1.09%	2.59%	1.04%
Aebi Schmidt Competitors	-1,040.92%	-9.38%	0.94%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

52.2% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by institutional investors. 39.1% of Aebi Schmidt shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Aebi Schmidt pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Aebi Schmidt pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Machinery” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.8% and pay out 27.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Aebi Schmidt lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Summary

Aebi Schmidt beats its competitors on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About Aebi Schmidt

Aebi Schmidt Holding AG is a provider of mission-critical infrastructure, environmental and agricultural solutions. Aebi Schmidt Holding AG, formerly known as The Shyft Group Inc., is based in NOVI, Mich.