PPIH vs. FTEK, CECE, DCI, CECO, ALTG, IRBT, BOOM, TPIC, QUAD, and SSTI
Should you be buying Perma-Pipe International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perma-Pipe International include Fuel Tech (FTEK), CECO Environmental (CECE), Donaldson (DCI), CECO Environmental (CECO), Alta Equipment Group (ALTG), iRobot (IRBT), DMC Global (BOOM), TPI Composites (TPIC), Quad/Graphics (QUAD), and SoundThinking (SSTI). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Fuel Tech (NASDAQ:FTEK) and Perma-Pipe International (NASDAQ:PPIH) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
Perma-Pipe International has higher revenue and earnings than Fuel Tech. Fuel Tech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perma-Pipe International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fuel Tech received 125 more outperform votes than Perma-Pipe International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.96% of users gave Perma-Pipe International an outperform vote while only 50.47% of users gave Fuel Tech an outperform vote.
Perma-Pipe International has a net margin of 6.95% compared to Perma-Pipe International's net margin of -3.41%. Fuel Tech's return on equity of 17.70% beat Perma-Pipe International's return on equity.
20.9% of Fuel Tech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Perma-Pipe International shares are held by institutional investors. 9.3% of Fuel Tech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Perma-Pipe International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Fuel Tech presently has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 270.40%. Given Perma-Pipe International's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Fuel Tech is more favorable than Perma-Pipe International.
In the previous week, Fuel Tech had 1 more articles in the media than Perma-Pipe International. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Fuel Tech and 1 mentions for Perma-Pipe International. Fuel Tech's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Perma-Pipe International's score of 0.50 indicating that Perma-Pipe International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fuel Tech has a beta of 4.06, suggesting that its stock price is 306% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perma-Pipe International has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Perma-Pipe International beats Fuel Tech on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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