BA
The Boeing Company
BA has the edge over HY overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and lower modeled downside.
HY
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.
HY offers stronger modeled upside, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
BA Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Stable | |
| Under pressure |
BA's profitability is currently healthy, and its revenue and cash flow are stable, but its balance sheet is under pressure.
HY Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Under pressure | |
| Under pressure | |
| Under pressure | |
| Weak |
HY's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently under pressure.
BA PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | 18x | $172 | — |
| Cheap | 51x | $496 | +189% |
| Fair | 82x | $790 | +360% |
| Expensive | 91x | $876 | +411% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
BA's PE is 18x, but its earnings don't support one, so it isn't a reliable read right now.
HY PE Valuation
HY has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year. If it returns to profit as analysts expect, today's price would be 49x next year's earnings.
BA Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Returning to profit | |
| Growth | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect BA to return to profit, with revenue growing. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
HY Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Returning to profit | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect HY to return to profit, with revenue growing. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
BA Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $9.66 | +$23.38 |
| Q2 2026 | $2.78 | +$19.33 |
| Q1 2026 | $2.53 | +$20.49 |
| Q4 2025 | $2.48 | +$20.84 |
| Q3 2025 | -$13.72 | -$0.83 |
| Q2 2025 | -$16.55 | -$10.93 |
| Q1 2025 | -$17.96 | -$14.42 |
| Q4 2024 | -$18.36 | -$14.69 |
BA has the edge over HY on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
HY Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.57 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$7.26 | -6150% |
| Q2 2026 | -$6.56 | -638% |
| Q1 2026 | -$5.59 | -200% |
| Q4 2025 | -$3.40 | -142% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.12 | -99% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.22 | -88% |
| Q1 2025 | $5.59 | -35% |
| Q4 2024 | $8.04 | +11% |
HY has swung to a loss: it lost $7.26 per share over the past year, after a profit the year before.
BA Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $24.2B | +3.9% |
| Q2 2026 | $24.6B | +8% |
| Q1 2026 | $22.2B | +14% |
| Q4 2025 | $23.9B | +57% |
| Q3 2025 | $23.3B | +30% |
| Q2 2025 | $22.7B | +35% |
| Q1 2025 | $19.5B | +18% |
| Q4 2024 | $15.2B | -31% |
BA has the edge over HY on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.5% | +22 points |
| Q2 2026 | 0.6% | +1.4 points |
| Q1 2026 | 2% | -0.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | 37% | +61 points |
| Q3 2025 | -21% | +12 points |
| Q2 2025 | -0.8% | +5.7 points |
| Q1 2025 | 2.4% | +2.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | -25% | -26 points |
BA has the edge over HY on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
HY Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $827.4M | -15% |
| Q2 2026 | $812.9M | -15% |
| Q1 2026 | $795.2M | -13% |
| Q4 2025 | $923.2M | -14% |
| Q3 2025 | $979.1M | -3.6% |
| Q2 2025 | $956.6M | -18% |
| Q1 2025 | $910.4M | -14% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.1B | +3.9% |
HY's revenue has slid since its 2024 peak: $827M last quarter, down 15% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -1.1% | -1.3 points |
| Q2 2026 | -2.3% | -1.4 points |
| Q1 2026 | -3.5% | -5.9 points |
| Q4 2025 | -4% | -7.1 points |
| Q3 2025 | 0.2% | -3 points |
| Q2 2025 | -0.9% | -9.1 points |
| Q1 2025 | 2.3% | -5.6 points |
| Q4 2024 | 3% | -1.7 points |
HY's operating margin was −1.1% last quarter, down 1.3 points from the same quarter a year ago.
BA Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $464M | +95% |
| Q2 2026 | $631M | +$831M |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.5B | +$836M |
| Q4 2025 | $375M | +$4.5B |
| Q3 2025 | $238M | +$2.2B |
| Q2 2025 | -$200M | +$4.1B |
| Q1 2025 | -$2.3B | +$1.6B |
| Q4 2024 | -$4.1B | -239% |
BA has the edge over HY on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
HY Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $12.5M | -45% |
| Q2 2026 | $2M | -87% |
| Q1 2026 | -$42.7M | +$4.3M |
| Q4 2025 | $32.9M | -48% |
| Q3 2025 | $22.6M | -62% |
| Q2 2025 | $15.1M | +$29.8M |
| Q1 2025 | -$47M | -415% |
| Q4 2024 | $62.8M | +116% |
HY still generates free cash flow, though less than at its 2020 peak: $5M over the past year.
BA Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.3% | +2.1M shares |
| 1 year | +4.3% | +32.8M shares |
| 3 years | +31% | +186M shares |
| 5 years | +35% | +204M shares |
| Available history | +40% | +227M shares |
BA has 793M diluted shares, up 4.3% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2019 | — |
HY Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.1% | +15K shares |
| 1 year | +1.2% | +210K shares |
| 3 years | +3% | +514K shares |
| 5 years | +6.6% | +1.1M shares |
| Available history | +7.2% | +1.2M shares |
HY has the edge over BA on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | $700,000 |
| Q4 2025 | $9M |
| Q3 2025 | $100,000 |
| Q2 2025 | $100,000 |
| Q1 2025 | $4.5M |
| Q4 2024 | $23.1M |
HY spent $10M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 65% from the year before.
BA Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 3.0x | Elevated |
| Q2 2026 | 5.7x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 6.0x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 6.9x | High |
| Q2 2024 | 361.8x | High |
| Q1 2024 | 36.1x | High |
| Q4 2023 | 36.4x | High |
| Q3 2023 | 96.1x | High |
BA's net debt is about 3.0 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from more than 20 years a year ago.
HY Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | 15.7x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 3.5x | Elevated |
| Q2 2025 | 2.5x | Moderate |
| Q1 2025 | 1.4x | Healthy |
| Q4 2024 | 1.2x | Healthy |
| Q3 2024 | 1.0x | Healthy |
| Q2 2024 | 1.0x | Very low |
| Q1 2024 | 1.2x | Healthy |
HY's net debt is about 16 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 1.2 years a year ago.
BA Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 31.1 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 9.6 | Oversold |
BA's weekly RSI is 31 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 10 (oversold).
HY Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 37.0 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 10.4 | Oversold |
HY's weekly RSI is 37 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 10 (oversold).
BA PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | BA | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 18x | 24x | 26% below |
| PE % | 0 | 58 | 58 pts below |
BA is trading at 18x earnings, a 26% discount to the Industrials sector's median of 24x, though its earnings don't support one.
HY PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | HY | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 24x | — |
HY has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
BA Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $184.6 | 7.1% below |
| 20 week MA | $203.8 | 16% below |
| 50 week MA | $215.5 | 20% below |
| 100 week MA | $205.9 | 17% below |
| 200 week MA | $200.6 | 14% below |
BA is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 14% below its 200-week average.
HY Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $29.7 | 6% below |
| 20 week MA | $32.2 | 13% below |
| 50 week MA | $33.9 | 18% below |
| 100 week MA | $37.6 | 26% below |
| 200 week MA | $46.5 | 40% below |
HY is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 40% below its 200-week average.
BA Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $330.1 | $217.2 | -34% |
| 2021 | $217.2 | $204.2 | -6% |
| 2022 | $204.2 | $189.1 | -7.4% |
| 2023 | $189.1 | $260.7 | +38% |
| 2024 | $260.7 | $180.7 | -31% |
| 2025 | $180.7 | $216.4 | +20% |
| 2026 YTD | $216.4 | $171.6 | -21% |
BA has finished lower in four of the last six years. It's down 21% so far in 2026.
HY Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $58.4 | $58.2 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | $58.2 | $41.6 | -29% |
| 2022 | $41.6 | $25.8 | -38% |
| 2023 | $25.8 | $62.2 | +141% |
| 2024 | $62.2 | $50.2 | -19% |
| 2025 | $50.2 | $31.0 | -38% |
| 2026 YTD | $31.0 | $27.9 | -9.9% |
HY has the edge over BA on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.