FTEK vs. PPIH, CLIR, FATH, PPSI, SNT, CVV, EBON, APWC, AP, and AIU
Should you be buying Fuel Tech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fuel Tech include Perma-Pipe International (PPIH), ClearSign Technologies (CLIR), Fathom Digital Manufacturing (FATH), Pioneer Power Solutions (PPSI), Senstar Technologies (SNT), CVD Equipment (CVV), Ebang International (EBON), Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), and Meta Data (AIU). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Perma-Pipe International (NASDAQ:PPIH) and Fuel Tech (NASDAQ:FTEK) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and earnings.
Fuel Tech received 124 more outperform votes than Perma-Pipe International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.96% of users gave Perma-Pipe International an outperform vote while only 51.08% of users gave Fuel Tech an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Perma-Pipe International and Perma-Pipe International both had 4 articles in the media. Fuel Tech's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Perma-Pipe International's score of 0.25 indicating that Perma-Pipe International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Perma-Pipe International has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fuel Tech has a beta of 4.34, meaning that its stock price is 334% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Perma-Pipe International has higher revenue and earnings than Fuel Tech. Fuel Tech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perma-Pipe International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Perma-Pipe International has a net margin of 3.45% compared to Perma-Pipe International's net margin of -5.68%. Fuel Tech's return on equity of 8.86% beat Perma-Pipe International's return on equity.
Fuel Tech has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 247.80%. Given Perma-Pipe International's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fuel Tech is more favorable than Perma-Pipe International.
28.4% of Perma-Pipe International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.9% of Fuel Tech shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Perma-Pipe International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Fuel Tech shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Perma-Pipe International beats Fuel Tech on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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