CECO vs. WFRD, WHD, HAYW, ATS, HSAI, EPAC, FLOC, DNOW, SEI, and ACMR
Should you be buying CECO Environmental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CECO Environmental include Weatherford International (WFRD), Cactus (WHD), Hayward (HAYW), ATS (ATS), Hesai Group (HSAI), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), Flowco (FLOC), DNOW (DNOW), Solaris Energy Infrastructure (SEI), and ACM Research (ACMR). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
CECO Environmental vs.
Weatherford International (NASDAQ:WFRD) and CECO Environmental (NASDAQ:CECO) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.
Weatherford International has a net margin of 9.18% compared to CECO Environmental's net margin of 2.16%. Weatherford International's return on equity of 40.65% beat CECO Environmental's return on equity.
Weatherford International presently has a consensus price target of $96.63, suggesting a potential upside of 112.55%. CECO Environmental has a consensus price target of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.11%. Given Weatherford International's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Weatherford International is more favorable than CECO Environmental.
Weatherford International has higher revenue and earnings than CECO Environmental. Weatherford International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CECO Environmental, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Weatherford International received 31 more outperform votes than CECO Environmental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.41% of users gave CECO Environmental an outperform vote while only 69.05% of users gave Weatherford International an outperform vote.
97.2% of Weatherford International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of CECO Environmental shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Weatherford International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of CECO Environmental shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Weatherford International has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CECO Environmental has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Weatherford International had 13 more articles in the media than CECO Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Weatherford International and 1 mentions for CECO Environmental. CECO Environmental's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Weatherford International's score of 1.39 indicating that CECO Environmental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Weatherford International beats CECO Environmental on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CECO) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
