This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. Ardagh Group (ARD) Competitors Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisCompetitorsHeadlinesSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock ARD vs. CECO, HLIO, IPX, DNOW, KMT, TRS, AIN, UFPT, LNN, and NSSCShould you be buying Ardagh Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ardagh Group include CECO Environmental (CECO), Helios Technologies (HLIO), IperionX (IPX), DNOW (DNOW), Kennametal (KMT), TriMas (TRS), Albany International (AIN), UFP Technologies (UFPT), Lindsay (LNN), and NAPCO Security Technologies (NSSC). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector. Ardagh Group vs. Its Competitors CECO Environmental Helios Technologies IperionX DNOW Kennametal TriMas Albany International UFP Technologies Lindsay NAPCO Security Technologies CECO Environmental (NASDAQ:CECO) and Ardagh Group (NYSE:ARD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability. Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CECO or ARD? 68.1% of CECO Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.6% of Ardagh Group shares are held by institutional investors. 18.4% of CECO Environmental shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CECO or ARD? Ardagh Group has higher revenue and earnings than CECO Environmental. Ardagh Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CECO Environmental, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCECO Environmental$557.93M3.17$12.96M$1.4334.97Ardagh Group$6.73B0.07$35M$1.4417.19 Which has more risk and volatility, CECO or ARD? CECO Environmental has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardagh Group has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is CECO or ARD more profitable? CECO Environmental has a net margin of 7.99% compared to Ardagh Group's net margin of -0.08%. CECO Environmental's return on equity of 10.00% beat Ardagh Group's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets CECO Environmental7.99% 10.00% 3.39% Ardagh Group -0.08%-120.19%3.42% Do analysts recommend CECO or ARD? CECO Environmental currently has a consensus target price of $50.80, indicating a potential upside of 1.58%. Given CECO Environmental's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CECO Environmental is more favorable than Ardagh Group.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score CECO Environmental 1 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.75Ardagh Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Does the media favor CECO or ARD? In the previous week, CECO Environmental had 12 more articles in the media than Ardagh Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for CECO Environmental and 2 mentions for Ardagh Group. Ardagh Group's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat CECO Environmental's score of -0.10 indicating that Ardagh Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment CECO Environmental 2 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Ardagh Group 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral SummaryCECO Environmental beats Ardagh Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Ardagh Group News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ARD and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. 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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.Skip Chart ARD vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricArdagh GroupGlass Containers IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$461.84M$2.10B$7.85B$22.09BDividend Yield2.42%N/A4.57%3.59%P/E Ratio-1,237.50N/A303.6229.58Price / Sales0.070.321,361.6865.15Price / Cash0.442.9228.3624.53Price / Book-1.281.744.954.61Net Income$35M-$106M$791.48M$1.01B Ardagh Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ARDArdagh Group0.6998 of 5 stars$24.75flatN/AN/A$461.84M$6.73B-1,237.5016,400News CoverageCECOCECO Environmental3.3254 of 5 stars$51.20+1.8%$50.80-0.8%+90.2%$1.78B$557.93M35.801,600Analyst DowngradeAnalyst RevisionHLIOHelios Technologies1.9756 of 5 stars$52.18-0.9%$51.00-2.3%+6.2%$1.73B$782M46.182,350IPXIperionX1.1999 of 5 stars$49.35-3.9%$46.00-6.8%+140.8%$1.72BN/A0.00N/AAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↓DNOWDNOW3.7111 of 5 stars$15.27+0.2%$18.00+17.9%+25.9%$1.63B$2.37B20.092,575Analyst DowngradeKMTKennametal3.0803 of 5 stars$20.92+0.6%$24.00+14.7%-13.2%$1.58B$1.97B17.438,124Analyst ForecastTRSTriMas4.8464 of 5 stars$38.64+0.4%$45.00+16.5%+49.0%$1.56B$925.01M42.463,900Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastAINAlbany International4.4395 of 5 stars$53.41+1.2%$71.40+33.7%-22.4%$1.56B$1.23B26.715,400News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastUFPTUFP Technologies2.2756 of 5 stars$199.60+0.1%$289.00+44.8%-32.3%$1.54B$504.42M23.134,335Analyst ForecastLNNLindsay3.0585 of 5 stars$140.88+0.6%$136.00-3.5%+15.6%$1.52B$607.07M20.241,280News CoverageAnalyst ForecastNSSCNAPCO Security Technologies3.5788 of 5 stars$42.95+1.1%$38.50-10.4%+13.3%$1.52B$181.62M36.091,061News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst Forecast Related Companies and Tools Related Companies CECO Environmental Competitors Helios Technologies Competitors IperionX Competitors DNOW Competitors Kennametal Competitors TriMas Competitors Albany International Competitors UFP Technologies Competitors Lindsay Competitors NAPCO Security Technologies Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:ARD) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMagnificent 7 being replaced by the “Hidden 7”?BULLISH: It's time to buy this 'hidden' AI stock An award-winning stock-rating system has turned BULLISH on...Chaikin Analytics | SponsoredINVESTOR ALERT: Tiny “$3 AI Wonder Stock” on the Verge of Blasting OffRight now, we’re witnessing a monumental shift in the world.Traders Agency | SponsoredAn $8 trillion-dollar discovery 17,000 ft underwater A strange rock pulled from the ocean floor may hold the key to a $16 trillion resource boom. 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