CECO vs. ESAB, MOG.B, GTES, WFRD, HSAI, WHD, HAYW, SEI, ATS, and PSIX
Should you be buying CECO Environmental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CECO Environmental include ESAB (ESAB), Moog (MOG.B), Gates Industrial (GTES), Weatherford International (WFRD), Hesai Group (HSAI), Cactus (WHD), Hayward (HAYW), Solaris Energy Infrastructure (SEI), ATS (ATS), and Power Solutions International (PSIX). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
CECO Environmental vs. Its Competitors
ESAB (NYSE:ESAB) and CECO Environmental (NASDAQ:CECO) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
ESAB has a net margin of 9.36% compared to CECO Environmental's net margin of 7.99%. ESAB's return on equity of 16.32% beat CECO Environmental's return on equity.
ESAB presently has a consensus price target of $141.44, suggesting a potential upside of 20.18%. CECO Environmental has a consensus price target of $50.80, suggesting a potential upside of 1.03%. Given ESAB's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ESAB is more favorable than CECO Environmental.
91.1% of ESAB shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of CECO Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of ESAB shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of CECO Environmental shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ESAB has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CECO Environmental has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ESAB has higher revenue and earnings than CECO Environmental. ESAB is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CECO Environmental, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CECO Environmental had 7 more articles in the media than ESAB. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for CECO Environmental and 3 mentions for ESAB. ESAB's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat CECO Environmental's score of -0.29 indicating that ESAB is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
ESAB beats CECO Environmental on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:CECO) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
