CECO vs. WFRD, WHD, ATS, HAYW, HSAI, EPAC, SEI, DNOW, FLOC, and PSIX
Should you be buying CECO Environmental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CECO Environmental include Weatherford International (WFRD), Cactus (WHD), ATS (ATS), Hayward (HAYW), Hesai Group (HSAI), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), Solaris Energy Infrastructure (SEI), DNOW (DNOW), Flowco (FLOC), and Power Solutions International (PSIX). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
CECO Environmental vs. Its Competitors
CECO Environmental (NASDAQ:CECO) and Weatherford International (NASDAQ:WFRD) are both machinery companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
CECO Environmental has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weatherford International has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
68.1% of CECO Environmental shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Weatherford International shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.4% of CECO Environmental shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Weatherford International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Weatherford International had 1 more articles in the media than CECO Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Weatherford International and 2 mentions for CECO Environmental. Weatherford International's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat CECO Environmental's score of 1.27 indicating that Weatherford International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Weatherford International has a net margin of 8.79% compared to CECO Environmental's net margin of 7.80%. Weatherford International's return on equity of 35.88% beat CECO Environmental's return on equity.
CECO Environmental presently has a consensus target price of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.85%. Weatherford International has a consensus target price of $96.63, indicating a potential upside of 82.52%. Given Weatherford International's higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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.
Summary
Weatherford International beats CECO Environmental on 11 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 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
