PRLB vs. CECO, MYE, XMTR, ERII, DXPE, KRNT, TWI, OFLX, GRC, and ASTE
Should you be buying Proto Labs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Proto Labs include CECO Environmental (CECO), Myers Industries (MYE), Xometry (XMTR), Energy Recovery (ERII), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Kornit Digital (KRNT), Titan International (TWI), Omega Flex (OFLX), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), and Astec Industries (ASTE). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) and CECO Environmental (NASDAQ:CECO) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Proto Labs has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CECO Environmental. Proto Labs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CECO Environmental, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Proto Labs received 311 more outperform votes than CECO Environmental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.75% of users gave CECO Environmental an outperform vote while only 63.14% of users gave Proto Labs an outperform vote.
Proto Labs has a net margin of 3.42% compared to CECO Environmental's net margin of 2.37%. CECO Environmental's return on equity of 11.57% beat Proto Labs' return on equity.
In the previous week, CECO Environmental had 3 more articles in the media than Proto Labs. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CECO Environmental and 0 mentions for Proto Labs. CECO Environmental's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Proto Labs' score of 0.00 indicating that CECO Environmental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Proto Labs presently has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.76%. CECO Environmental has a consensus target price of $26.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.05%. Given CECO Environmental's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CECO Environmental is more favorable than Proto Labs.
Proto Labs has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CECO Environmental has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
84.5% of Proto Labs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of CECO Environmental shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Proto Labs shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of CECO Environmental shares are owned by company 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.
Summary
CECO Environmental beats Proto Labs on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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