CECO vs. KRNT, PRLB, DXPE, TWI, MYE, OFLX, ERII, XMTR, GRC, and IIIN
Should you be buying CECO Environmental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CECO Environmental include Kornit Digital (KRNT), Proto Labs (PRLB), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Titan International (TWI), Myers Industries (MYE), Omega Flex (OFLX), Energy Recovery (ERII), Xometry (XMTR), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), and Insteel Industries (IIIN). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Kornit Digital (NASDAQ:KRNT) and CECO Environmental (NASDAQ:CECO) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Kornit Digital received 362 more outperform votes than CECO Environmental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.68% of users gave CECO Environmental an outperform vote while only 70.54% of users gave Kornit Digital an outperform vote.
Kornit Digital has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CECO Environmental has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.8% of Kornit Digital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of CECO Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Kornit Digital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of CECO Environmental shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CECO Environmental has a net margin of 2.23% compared to CECO Environmental's net margin of -29.28%. Kornit Digital's return on equity of 11.57% beat CECO Environmental's return on equity.
CECO Environmental has higher revenue and earnings than Kornit Digital. Kornit Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CECO Environmental, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kornit Digital currently has a consensus target price of $24.67, indicating a potential upside of 54.17%. CECO Environmental has a consensus target price of $27.40, indicating a potential upside of 22.05%. Given CECO Environmental's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kornit Digital is more favorable than CECO Environmental.
In the previous week, CECO Environmental had 51 more articles in the media than Kornit Digital. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for CECO Environmental and 2 mentions for Kornit Digital. CECO Environmental's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Kornit Digital's score of 0.29 indicating that Kornit Digital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
CECO Environmental beats Kornit Digital on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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