Art's-Way Manufacturing (ARTW) Competitors

Art's-Way Manufacturing (NASDAQ:ARTW) and Fuel Tech (NASDAQ:FTEK) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more volatility & risk, ARTW or FTEK?

Art's-Way Manufacturing has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fuel Tech has a beta of 4.25, meaning that its stock price is 325% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARTW or FTEK?

Fuel Tech received 134 more outperform votes than Art's-Way Manufacturing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.44% of users gave Fuel Tech an outperform vote while only 32.14% of users gave Art's-Way Manufacturing an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Art's-Way Manufacturing	Outperform Votes 81 32.14%	Underperform Votes 171 67.86%
Fuel Tech	Outperform Votes 215 46.44%	Underperform Votes 248 53.56%

Does the media prefer ARTW or FTEK?

In the previous week, Fuel Tech had 3 more articles in the media than Art's-Way Manufacturing. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Fuel Tech and 3 mentions for Art's-Way Manufacturing. Fuel Tech's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Art's-Way Manufacturing's score of 0.62 indicating that Fuel Tech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Art's-Way Manufacturing	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fuel Tech	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ARTW or FTEK more profitable?

Art's-Way Manufacturing has a net margin of 1.65% compared to Fuel Tech's net margin of -2.29%. Art's-Way Manufacturing's return on equity of -0.83% beat Fuel Tech's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Art's-Way Manufacturing	1.65%	-0.83%	-0.41%
Fuel Tech	-2.29%	-1.37%	-1.20%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ARTW or FTEK?

2.9% of Art's-Way Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.9% of Fuel Tech shares are held by institutional investors. 52.1% of Art's-Way Manufacturing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of Fuel Tech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend ARTW or FTEK?

Fuel Tech has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 288.35%. Given Fuel Tech's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fuel Tech is more favorable than Art's-Way Manufacturing.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Art's-Way Manufacturing	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Fuel Tech	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ARTW or FTEK?

Art's-Way Manufacturing has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fuel Tech.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Art's-Way Manufacturing	$24.50M	0.34	$310K	N/A	N/A
Fuel Tech	$25.13M	1.26	-$1.54M	-$0.06	-17.17

Summary

Fuel Tech beats Art's-Way Manufacturing on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.