Fuel Tech (FTEK) Competitors

Fuel Tech (NASDAQ:FTEK) and Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FTEK or TAYD?

20.9% of Fuel Tech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.6% of Taylor Devices shares are held by institutional investors. 9.3% of Fuel Tech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Taylor Devices shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FTEK or TAYD more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fuel Tech	-2.29%	-1.37%	-1.20%
Taylor Devices	19.99%	17.04%	14.66%

Which has better earnings and valuation, FTEK or TAYD?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fuel Tech	$25.13M	1.89	-$1.54M	-$0.09	-17.11
Taylor Devices	$42.80M	2.81	$9M	$2.50	15.33

Which has more volatility & risk, FTEK or TAYD?

Fuel Tech has a beta of 4.38, suggesting that its share price is 338% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taylor Devices has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FTEK or TAYD?

In the previous week, Fuel Tech had 5 more articles in the media than Taylor Devices. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Fuel Tech and 2 mentions for Taylor Devices. Taylor Devices' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Fuel Tech's score of 0.19 indicating that Taylor Devices is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fuel Tech	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Taylor Devices	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer FTEK or TAYD?

Fuel Tech currently has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 159.74%. Given Fuel Tech's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Fuel Tech is more favorable than Taylor Devices.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fuel Tech	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Taylor Devices	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FTEK or TAYD?

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 45.84% of users gave Fuel Tech an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fuel Tech	Outperform Votes 215 45.84%	Underperform Votes 254 54.16%
Taylor Devices	Outperform Votes 114 69.94%	Underperform Votes 49 30.06%

Summary

Taylor Devices beats Fuel Tech on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.