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Hyster Yale Inc

HYNYSE

SectorIndustrials

IndustryIndustrial Machinery

Beta (adjusted)1.43

Intrinsic Value

Insufficient data for a value estimateNot enough reliable inputs to publish a fair value for this company yet.

Market Price $30.42Price as of 1 Oct 2026

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Market Cap $545.4M

Enterprise Value $957.1M

Shares Outstanding 17.9M diluted

Moat Rating None

Next Earnings Date3 Nov 2026

Last ex-dividend1 Jun 2026

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Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Hyster-Yale is currently navigating a challenging cyclical downturn characterized by weak industrial demand, backlog depletion, and an unfavorable product mix shift toward lighter-duty, lower-priced trucks. Profitability has been severely pressured by significant tariff headwinds, resulting in a sharp swing to operating losses in Q4 2025 and Q1 2026. While sequential bookings growth in Q1 2026 signals early demand stabilization, and the Trump administration's June 2026 tariff reduction on forklifts (from 25% to 15%) provides a meaningful structural tailwind, near-term visibility remains limited. High balance sheet leverage increases execution risk, making a Hold rating appropriate until the anticipated second-half recovery and cost-reduction benefits materialize.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets2 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$42.00

Mean target$46.00

High · most bullish analyst$50.00

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 19 Jun 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$35.0015%

The industrial downturn prolongs into late 2026 or 2027, mirroring cautious outlooks from agricultural and heavy machinery peers. The shift to lower-margin, lighter-duty trucks persists, and tariff mitigation efforts falter. Persistent operating losses and negative free cash flow prevent debt reduction, leaving the company with unsustainably high leverage and potential credit downgrades.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$46.0060%

Matches the consensus mean

Q2 2026 marks the trough of the current cycle, with shipment volumes and margins gradually improving in the second half of 2026. The company achieves a modest full-year operating profit supported by sequential bookings growth, stabilizing average selling prices, and initial benefits from the restructuring program. Tariff headwinds ease slightly due to the June 2026 rate cuts, allowing leverage to begin normalizing toward historical levels.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$50.0025%

A rapid recovery in the Americas lift truck market, combined with accelerated margin expansion from the modular product platform and the 10% tariff reduction effective June 8, 2026, drives a faster-than-expected return to profitability. Successful capture of $40 million in IEPA refunds and $15-20 million in supplier reimbursements rapidly deleverages the balance sheet, while the restructuring program delivers the high end of its $40-45 million annualized cost savings.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Sequential bookings growth in Q1 2026 (+7% sequentially) indicates early demand stabilization following the Q3 2025 cyclical low.
The Trump administration's tariff reduction on forklifts and mobile industrial equipment from 25% to 15% (effective June 8, 2026) provides a substantial margin tailwind.
Aggressive restructuring and cost-reduction programs are targeting $40-45 million in annualized savings starting in 2026, with long-term footprint optimization benefits reaching $85-100 million by 2028.
Strong long-term competitive positioning in alternative-power technologies, including lithium-ion and Nuvera hydrogen fuel cell solutions.

Key Investment Risks

High balance sheet leverage, with net debt of $424 million representing an elevated leverage ratio on depressed trailing EBITDA.
Unfavorable product mix shift as customers disproportionately select lighter-duty, lower-priced configurations over high-margin counterbalanced trucks.
Cyclical sensitivity to global industrial production, warehousing capital investment, and inventory restocking cycles.
Execution risk associated with complex manufacturing footprint optimization and the integration of recent acquisitions like Valmar.

Thesis Invalidation Triggers

A sequential decline in bookings during Q2 or Q3 2026, indicating that the demand trough has not yet been established.
Failure to achieve a modest consolidated operating profit for the full year 2026.
Inability to secure anticipated IEPA tariff refunds or supplier reimbursements, leading to prolonged balance sheet strain.
A further downgrade in credit ratings or an increase in borrowing costs due to sustained leverage expansion.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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