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FTEK vs. PDYN, AIRJ, AZ, GENC, PPIH, OMSE, TAYD, ASYS, LSE, and DTI

Should you be buying Fuel Tech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fuel Tech include Palladyne AI (PDYN), AirJoule Technologies (AIRJ), A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions (AZ), Gencor Industries (GENC), Perma-Pipe International (PPIH), OMS Energy Technologies (OMSE), Taylor Devices (TAYD), Amtech Systems (ASYS), Leishen Energy (LSE), and Drilling Tools International (DTI). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.

Fuel Tech vs. Its Competitors

Fuel Tech (NASDAQ:FTEK) and Palladyne AI (NASDAQ:PDYN) are both small-cap machinery companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

Fuel Tech has higher revenue and earnings than Palladyne AI. Fuel Tech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palladyne AI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fuel Tech$25.13M3.62-$1.94M-$0.10-29.30
Palladyne AI$4.36M77.01-$72.62M-$1.87-4.28

Fuel Tech has a beta of 4.9, indicating that its share price is 390% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palladyne AI has a beta of 3.75, indicating that its share price is 275% more volatile than the S&P 500.

20.9% of Fuel Tech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.0% of Palladyne AI shares are held by institutional investors. 10.0% of Fuel Tech shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of Palladyne AI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Fuel Tech presently has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.52%. Palladyne AI has a consensus price target of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.77%. Given Palladyne AI's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Palladyne AI is more favorable than Fuel Tech.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fuel Tech
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Palladyne AI
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Palladyne AI had 1 more articles in the media than Fuel Tech. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Palladyne AI and 2 mentions for Fuel Tech. Fuel Tech's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Palladyne AI's score of 0.18 indicating that Fuel Tech is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fuel Tech
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Palladyne AI
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Fuel Tech has a net margin of -12.89% compared to Palladyne AI's net margin of -1,028.07%. Fuel Tech's return on equity of -7.70% beat Palladyne AI's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fuel Tech-12.89% -7.70% -6.71%
Palladyne AI -1,028.07%-186.60%-75.73%

Summary

Fuel Tech beats Palladyne AI on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FTEK vs. The Competition

MetricFuel TechPOLLUTION CNTRL IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$91.04M$1.97B$7.91B$10.63B
Dividend YieldN/A1.69%4.59%4.88%
P/E Ratio-29.3013.7824.7727.24
Price / Sales3.622.931,194.37183.55
Price / CashN/A47.6727.8761.65
Price / Book2.144.894.926.56
Net Income-$1.94M$72.48M$790.14M$276.14M
7 Day Performance-6.09%0.81%-0.19%-1.08%
1 Month Performance-14.08%1.15%1.69%1.88%
1 Year Performance181.73%30.34%30.34%32.92%

Fuel Tech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FTEK
Fuel Tech
1.7705 of 5 stars
$2.93
-2.3%
$4.00
+36.5%
+197.0%$91.04M$25.13M-29.3070News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
PDYN
Palladyne AI
1.9641 of 5 stars
$9.60
+15.8%
$11.50
+19.8%
+311.4%$347.76M$7.79M-5.1370Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
AIRJ
AirJoule Technologies
2.3919 of 5 stars
$5.36
+10.1%
$11.50
+114.6%
-15.2%$294.34MN/A10.11N/A
AZ
A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions
1.3966 of 5 stars
$7.05
+1.0%
$20.00
+183.7%
+41.3%$292.10M$7.17M-5.8860Negative News
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
GENC
Gencor Industries
0.795 of 5 stars
$14.32
+3.3%
N/A-30.4%$209.90M$117.53M13.02370
PPIH
Perma-Pipe International
0.3521 of 5 stars
$25.88
+3.0%
N/A+109.3%$203.36M$158.38M20.87610Positive News
Gap Up
OMSE
OMS Energy Technologies
N/A$3.67
-1.6%
$10.00
+172.5%
N/A$158.33M$203.61M0.00632Gap Up
TAYD
Taylor Devices
0.77 of 5 stars
$42.68
+0.7%
N/A-12.4%$133.39M$46.29M14.98120Gap Up
ASYS
Amtech Systems
1.1746 of 5 stars
$9.28
+4.9%
N/A+36.2%$126.68M$101.21M-4.14330News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
LSE
Leishen Energy
N/A$5.30
flat
N/AN/A$89.44M$69.07M0.00173News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
DTI
Drilling Tools International
2.9056 of 5 stars
$2.10
+1.9%
$5.50
+161.9%
-33.8%$73.46M$154.45M-16.15394Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:FTEK) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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