FTEK vs. TAYD, PPIH, LSE, DTI, YIBO, SOTK, WPRT, ASYS, TPIC, and SHMD
Should you be buying Fuel Tech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fuel Tech include Taylor Devices (TAYD), Perma-Pipe International (PPIH), Leishen Energy (LSE), Drilling Tools International (DTI), Planet Image International (YIBO), Sono-Tek (SOTK), Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT), Amtech Systems (ASYS), TPI Composites (TPIC), and SCHMID Group (SHMD). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Fuel Tech vs.
Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD) and Fuel Tech (NASDAQ:FTEK) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
Fuel Tech has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 316.23%. Given Fuel Tech's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fuel Tech is more favorable than Taylor Devices.
In the previous week, Taylor Devices had 1 more articles in the media than Fuel Tech. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Taylor Devices and 2 mentions for Fuel Tech. Taylor Devices' average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Fuel Tech's score of 0.95 indicating that Taylor Devices is being referred to more favorably in the media.
17.6% of Taylor Devices shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.9% of Fuel Tech shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of Taylor Devices shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of Fuel Tech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Taylor Devices has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fuel Tech has a beta of 4.11, indicating that its stock price is 311% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fuel Tech received 101 more outperform votes than Taylor Devices when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.94% of users gave Taylor Devices an outperform vote while only 46.04% of users gave Fuel Tech an outperform vote.
Taylor Devices has higher revenue and earnings than Fuel Tech. Fuel Tech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Taylor Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Taylor Devices has a net margin of 19.99% compared to Fuel Tech's net margin of -2.29%. Taylor Devices' return on equity of 17.04% beat Fuel Tech's return on equity.
Summary
Taylor Devices beats Fuel Tech on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FTEK) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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