CECO vs. GRC, DXPE, PRLB, ERII, ASTE, XMTR, KRNT, OFLX, TRS, and IIIN
Should you be buying CECO Environmental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CECO Environmental include Gorman-Rupp (GRC), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Proto Labs (PRLB), Energy Recovery (ERII), Astec Industries (ASTE), Xometry (XMTR), Kornit Digital (KRNT), Omega Flex (OFLX), TriMas (TRS), and Insteel Industries (IIIN). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
CECO Environmental (NASDAQ:CECO) and Gorman-Rupp (NYSE:GRC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Gorman-Rupp has a net margin of 5.52% compared to CECO Environmental's net margin of 2.23%. CECO Environmental's return on equity of 11.57% beat Gorman-Rupp's return on equity.
In the previous week, CECO Environmental had 13 more articles in the media than Gorman-Rupp. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for CECO Environmental and 1 mentions for Gorman-Rupp. Gorman-Rupp's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat CECO Environmental's score of 1.22 indicating that Gorman-Rupp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gorman-Rupp has higher revenue and earnings than CECO Environmental. Gorman-Rupp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CECO Environmental, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CECO Environmental presently has a consensus target price of $27.40, indicating a potential upside of 5.63%. Gorman-Rupp has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.19%. Given Gorman-Rupp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gorman-Rupp is more favorable than CECO Environmental.
68.1% of CECO Environmental shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.9% of CECO Environmental shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gorman-Rupp received 288 more outperform votes than CECO Environmental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.68% of users gave CECO Environmental an outperform vote while only 62.53% of users gave Gorman-Rupp an outperform vote.
CECO Environmental has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gorman-Rupp has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CECO Environmental beats Gorman-Rupp on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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