FTEK vs. AIRJ, OMSE, AZ, PDYN, RR, GENC, PPIH, DM, TAYD, and DTI
Should you be buying Fuel Tech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fuel Tech include AirJoule Technologies (AIRJ), OMS Energy Technologies (OMSE), A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions (AZ), Palladyne AI (PDYN), Richtech Robotics (RR), Gencor Industries (GENC), Perma-Pipe International (PPIH), Desktop Metal (DM), Taylor Devices (TAYD), and Drilling Tools International (DTI). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Fuel Tech vs. Its Competitors
AirJoule Technologies (NASDAQ:AIRJ) and Fuel Tech (NASDAQ:FTEK) are both small-cap machinery companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
AirJoule Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 145.73%. Fuel Tech has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 53.85%. Given AirJoule Technologies' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AirJoule Technologies is more favorable than Fuel Tech.
AirJoule Technologies has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Fuel Tech's net margin of -11.16%. AirJoule Technologies' return on equity of 4.08% beat Fuel Tech's return on equity.
AirJoule Technologies has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fuel Tech has a beta of 4.56, indicating that its share price is 356% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AirJoule Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fuel Tech. Fuel Tech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AirJoule Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, AirJoule Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Fuel Tech. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for AirJoule Technologies and 1 mentions for Fuel Tech. AirJoule Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Fuel Tech's score of 0.94 indicating that AirJoule Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
63.7% of AirJoule Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.9% of Fuel Tech shares are held by institutional investors. 58.0% of AirJoule Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Fuel Tech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
AirJoule Technologies beats Fuel Tech on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FTEK) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff