CECO vs. PRLB, MYE, DXPE, XMTR, ERII, KRNT, TWI, OFLX, GRC, and ASTE
Should you be buying CECO Environmental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CECO Environmental include Proto Labs (PRLB), Myers Industries (MYE), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Xometry (XMTR), Energy Recovery (ERII), Kornit Digital (KRNT), Titan International (TWI), Omega Flex (OFLX), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), and Astec Industries (ASTE). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) and CECO Environmental (NASDAQ:CECO) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
Proto Labs has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CECO Environmental has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Proto Labs received 311 more outperform votes than CECO Environmental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.75% of users gave CECO Environmental an outperform vote while only 63.14% of users gave Proto Labs an outperform vote.
Proto Labs has a net margin of 3.42% compared to Proto Labs' net margin of 2.37%. Proto Labs' return on equity of 11.57% beat CECO Environmental's return on equity.
Proto Labs has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CECO Environmental. Proto Labs 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 3 more articles in the media than Proto Labs. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CECO Environmental and 0 mentions for Proto Labs. Proto Labs' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat CECO Environmental's score of 0.00 indicating that CECO Environmental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
84.5% of Proto Labs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of CECO Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Proto Labs shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of CECO Environmental shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Proto Labs presently has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.38%. CECO Environmental has a consensus price target of $26.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.74%. Given Proto Labs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CECO Environmental is more favorable than Proto Labs.
Summary
CECO Environmental beats Proto Labs on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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