Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) and Aebi Schmidt (NASDAQ:AEBI) Head-To-Head Contrast

Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) and Aebi Schmidt (NASDAQ:AEBI) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Risk & Volatility

Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aebi Schmidt has a beta of 2.59, indicating that its share price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Columbus McKinnon and Aebi Schmidt, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Columbus McKinnon	1	2	1	1	2.40
Aebi Schmidt	0	1	2	0	2.67

Columbus McKinnon presently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 57.10%. Aebi Schmidt has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.29%. Given Columbus McKinnon’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Columbus McKinnon is more favorable than Aebi Schmidt.

Dividends

Columbus McKinnon pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Aebi Schmidt pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Columbus McKinnon pays out -3.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aebi Schmidt pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Columbus McKinnon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Columbus McKinnon and Aebi Schmidt’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Columbus McKinnon	-21.25%	10.02%	2.36%
Aebi Schmidt	1.09%	2.59%	1.04%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 39.1% of Aebi Schmidt shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Columbus McKinnon and Aebi Schmidt”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Columbus McKinnon	$1.19 billion	0.35	-$229.54 million	($7.46)	-1.96
Aebi Schmidt	$1.95 billion	0.44	$9.74 million	$0.32	34.66

Aebi Schmidt has higher revenue and earnings than Columbus McKinnon. Columbus McKinnon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aebi Schmidt, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Aebi Schmidt beats Columbus McKinnon on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Columbus McKinnon

Columbus McKinnon Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets motion solutions for moving, lifting, positioning, and securing materials worldwide. It offers manual, battery, electric, and air hoists; steel, rack, and pinion jacks; winches, hydraulic jacks and tools, trolleys and its clamps, and lifting tables; skates and heavy load moving systems; material handling equipment; mobile, workplace, and jib cranes; crane components and kits; and below-the-hook lifting devices, lifting slings, and lashing systems. The company also provides linear motion products, elevator and mining drives, brakes, radio controls, collision avoidance systems, regenerative drives, AC and DC drive and motor control systems, DC motor and magnet control systems, and conductor bar systems; and underfloor lifting systems, lifting jacks, roof working platforms, hybrid lifting systems, turntables, bogie axle exchange and lifting systems, bogie lift and turn devices, and workshop equipment. In addition, it offers fabric and modular belt, and sanitary, stainless steel conveyors; pallet systems; parts and belts; rotary unions and swivel joints; check valves; accumulation and transfer tables, motion control systems, and steel and flexible chains; hooks, shackles, textile slings, clamps, and load binders; actuators and rotary unions; and push button pendant stations, collision avoidance, and power delivery subsystems. It serves EV production and aerospace, energy and utilities, process industries, industrial automation, construction and infrastructure, food and beverage, entertainment, life sciences, consumer packaged goods, and e-commerce/supply chain/warehousing markets. It offers its products to end users directly, and through distributors, independent crane builders, material handling specialists and integrators, original equipment manufacturers, government agencies, and engineering procurement and construction firms. The company was founded in 1875 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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.