Critical Survey: Aebi Schmidt (AEBI) vs. The Competition

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Aebi Schmidt and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aebi Schmidt	0	1	2	0	2.67
Aebi Schmidt Competitors	4095	14500	17924	779	2.41

Aebi Schmidt currently has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.96%. As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 32.86%. Given Aebi Schmidt’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Aebi Schmidt is more favorable than its peers.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

52.2% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by institutional investors. 39.1% of Aebi Schmidt shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by 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 0.8%. 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 27.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Aebi Schmidt lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Aebi Schmidt and its peers’ 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	-1,936.04%	-9.91%	0.89%

Volatility & Risk

Aebi Schmidt has a beta of 2.43, indicating that its stock price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aebi Schmidt’s peers have a beta of 4.53, indicating that their average stock price is 353% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Aebi Schmidt and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aebi Schmidt	$1.53 billion	$9.74 million	37.69
Aebi Schmidt Competitors	$4.69 billion	$356.15 million	-20.02

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

Summary

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

Aebi Schmidt Company Profile

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.