Hiab (HIAB) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What HIAB does

Hiab (HIAB) is a Finnish company that designs and manufactures smart load-handling equipment for use on public roads. It operates under well-known brands such as HIAB, EFFER, and ARGOS for loader cranes, MOFFETT and PRINCETON for truck-mounted forklifts, LOGLIFT for forestry cranes, JONSERED for recycling cranes, MULTILIFT for demountable and hooklifts, GALFAB for roll-off cable hoists, and ZEPRO, DEL, and WALTCO for tail lifts. The company also provides maintenance, equipment warranty, and spare parts. Its customers work in waste and recycling, defense logistics, retail and final mile, and construction. Formerly known as Cargotec Corporation, the company changed its name to Hiab Oyj in March 2025. It is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki market and is part of the OMX Helsinki 25 index alongside peers such as Konecranes (KCR), Wärtsilä (WRT1V), and Kalmar B (KALMAR).

Key numbers explained

• The price of 59.2 EUR is the most recent trading price; it is the level at which the last trade occurred.
• The trailing P/E ratio of 30.4 shows how much investors pay per euro of the company's last 12 months of earnings; a higher number can mean the market expects faster growth.
• The forward P/E ratio of 14.9 uses expected future earnings and is often compared with the trailing P/E to see whether the market thinks earnings will rise or fall.
• The dividend yield of 1.98% is the annual dividend payment expressed as a percentage of the current share price; it tells income-focused investors the approximate cash return from dividends alone.
• The ex-dividend date of Mar 25, 2026 is the cutoff: you must own the stock before this date to receive the next dividend payment.
• 60% of earnings are paid out as dividends, meaning the company returns the majority of its profit to shareholders while keeping the rest for reinvestment.
• Beta of 1.24 indicates the stock tends to move about 24% more than the overall market; a beta above 1 means higher sensitivity to market swings.
• The 52-week range of 39.78 – 66 shows the lowest and highest prices seen over the past year, giving a sense of recent volatility and where the current price sits within that band.

What to watch

• Revenue growth, which was 0.3% year over year, can signal whether demand for load-handling equipment is expanding or contracting.
• Profitability metrics such as profitMargin of 8.2%, operatingMargin of 12.3%, and returnOnEquity of 12.3% help assess how efficiently the company turns sales into earnings.
• The debt-to-equity ratio of 114.4 shows that debt exceeds equity, which is common in capital-intensive industrial firms but can affect financial flexibility during downturns.
• The priceToBook of 3.77 compares the share price to the company's book value, a typical measure for asset-heavy manufacturers.
• The nextEarningsDate of Oct 23, 2026 is the date when the company is scheduled to report its latest results, which often moves the stock.
• As a Helsinki-listed industrial stock, HIAB can be influenced by euro zone economic conditions, construction and waste management cycles, and currency movements, as well as sector trends seen among peers like Metso (METSO) and Valmet (VALMT).