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SOTK vs. GENC, PPIH, TAYD, LSE, DTI, FTEK, YIBO, WPRT, ASYS, and TPIC

Should you be buying Sono-Tek stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sono-Tek include Gencor Industries (GENC), Perma-Pipe International (PPIH), Taylor Devices (TAYD), Leishen Energy (LSE), Drilling Tools International (DTI), Fuel Tech (FTEK), Planet Image International (YIBO), Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT), Amtech Systems (ASYS), and TPI Composites (TPIC). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.

Sono-Tek vs. Its Competitors

Gencor Industries (NASDAQ:GENC) and Sono-Tek (NASDAQ:SOTK) are both small-cap machinery companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

In the previous week, Sono-Tek had 8 more articles in the media than Gencor Industries. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Sono-Tek and 7 mentions for Gencor Industries. Gencor Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Sono-Tek's score of 0.03 indicating that Gencor Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Gencor Industries
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Sono-Tek
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Sono-Tek has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 127.27%. Given Sono-Tek's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sono-Tek is more favorable than Gencor Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gencor Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Sono-Tek
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Gencor Industries has a net margin of 14.33% compared to Sono-Tek's net margin of 6.93%. Gencor Industries' return on equity of 8.60% beat Sono-Tek's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gencor Industries14.33% 8.60% 8.01%
Sono-Tek 6.93%8.10%6.07%

Gencor Industries has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sono-Tek has a beta of -0.06, meaning that its stock price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Gencor Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Sono-Tek. Gencor Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sono-Tek, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gencor Industries$116.09M2.00$14.67M$0.9516.71
Sono-Tek$20.50M2.53$1.27M$0.0936.67

47.9% of Sono-Tek shares are held by institutional investors. 30.5% of Gencor Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Sono-Tek shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Gencor Industries beats Sono-Tek on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SOTK vs. The Competition

MetricSono-TekELEC COMP IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$52.22M$40.25B$29.17B$9.56B
Dividend YieldN/A2.27%3.05%4.06%
P/E Ratio36.6748.8034.3719.95
Price / Sales2.5376.221,605.1079.50
Price / Cash26.4995.3238.7258.72
Price / Book2.845.257.775.77
Net Income$1.27M$528.96M$782.10M$259.21M
7 Day Performance-6.25%-4.31%-1.08%-2.38%
1 Month Performance-12.00%1.31%4.21%9.43%
1 Year Performance-13.39%36.27%25.27%16.67%

Sono-Tek Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SOTK
Sono-Tek
2.9443 of 5 stars
$3.30
-0.6%
$7.50
+127.3%
-13.2%$52.22M$20.50M36.6780
GENC
Gencor Industries
1.6942 of 5 stars
$13.95
+0.8%
N/A-30.9%$204.48M$113.17M12.68370
PPIH
Perma-Pipe International
0.9926 of 5 stars
$22.78
-0.2%
N/A+151.7%$182.24M$158.38M14.79610
TAYD
Taylor Devices
1.1495 of 5 stars
$45.21
+1.9%
N/A-4.5%$139.18M$42.80M18.08120News Coverage
LSE
Leishen Energy
N/A$5.81
+3.6%
N/AN/A$94.67M$69.07M0.00173
DTI
Drilling Tools International
3.3621 of 5 stars
$2.32
-0.4%
$5.50
+137.1%
-60.0%$82.93M$154.45M-46.39394News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
FTEK
Fuel Tech
2.0547 of 5 stars
$2.65
-0.4%
$4.00
+50.9%
+157.8%$81.87M$25.13M0.0070Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
YIBO
Planet Image International
N/A$1.44
-1.6%
N/A-62.5%$78.81M$149.83M0.001,404News Coverage
WPRT
Westport Fuel Systems
2.5683 of 5 stars
$3.93
+1.8%
$7.27
+84.9%
-35.6%$66.97M$302.30M-6.341,509Upcoming Earnings
ASYS
Amtech Systems
3.3418 of 5 stars
$4.56
+1.1%
N/A-17.3%$64.56M$101.21M-2.05330News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TPIC
TPI Composites
3.8969 of 5 stars
$0.89
-3.6%
$2.01
+126.3%
-81.5%$44.90M$1.37B-0.1911,700Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:SOTK) was last updated on 7/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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