CECO vs. GRC, PRLB, DXPE, XMTR, ERII, ASTE, KRNT, OFLX, IIIN, and TWI
Should you be buying CECO Environmental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CECO Environmental include Gorman-Rupp (GRC), Proto Labs (PRLB), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Xometry (XMTR), Energy Recovery (ERII), Astec Industries (ASTE), Kornit Digital (KRNT), Omega Flex (OFLX), Insteel Industries (IIIN), and Titan International (TWI). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
CECO Environmental (NASDAQ:CECO) and Gorman-Rupp (NYSE:GRC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk and community ranking.
CECO Environmental has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gorman-Rupp has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CECO Environmental currently has a consensus price target of $27.40, indicating a potential upside of 10.44%. Gorman-Rupp has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.70%. Given Gorman-Rupp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gorman-Rupp is more favorable than CECO Environmental.
Gorman-Rupp has a net margin of 5.52% compared to CECO Environmental's net margin of 2.23%. CECO Environmental's return on equity of 11.57% beat Gorman-Rupp's return on equity.
68.1% of CECO Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are held by institutional investors. 16.9% of CECO Environmental shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Gorman-Rupp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gorman-Rupp received 288 more outperform votes than CECO Environmental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.68% of users gave CECO Environmental an outperform vote while only 62.53% of users gave Gorman-Rupp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, CECO Environmental had 3 more articles in the media than Gorman-Rupp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CECO Environmental and 0 mentions for Gorman-Rupp. CECO Environmental's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Gorman-Rupp's score of 0.00 indicating that CECO Environmental is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gorman-Rupp has higher revenue and earnings than CECO Environmental. Gorman-Rupp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CECO Environmental, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CECO Environmental beats Gorman-Rupp on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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