CECO Environmental (CECO) Competitors

CECO Environmental (NASDAQ:CECO) and Hayward (NYSE:HAYW) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

Do analysts prefer CECO or HAYW?

CECO Environmental currently has a consensus target price of $36.20, suggesting a potential upside of 86.98%. Hayward has a consensus target price of $17.13, suggesting a potential upside of 42.60%. Given CECO Environmental's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe CECO Environmental is more favorable than Hayward.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CECO Environmental	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Hayward	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Does the media favor CECO or HAYW?

In the previous week, Hayward had 7 more articles in the media than CECO Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hayward and 3 mentions for CECO Environmental. CECO Environmental's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Hayward's score of 0.66 indicating that CECO Environmental is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CECO Environmental	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Hayward	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CECO or HAYW?

Hayward received 16 more outperform votes than CECO Environmental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.13% of users gave CECO Environmental an outperform vote while only 45.56% of users gave Hayward an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CECO Environmental	Outperform Votes 25 78.13%	Underperform Votes 7 21.88%
Hayward	Outperform Votes 41 45.56%	Underperform Votes 49 54.44%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CECO or HAYW?

68.1% of CECO Environmental shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.9% of CECO Environmental shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Hayward shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, CECO or HAYW?

CECO Environmental has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hayward has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CECO or HAYW more profitable?

Hayward has a net margin of 9.47% compared to CECO Environmental's net margin of 2.16%. CECO Environmental's return on equity of 11.12% beat Hayward's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CECO Environmental	2.16%	11.12%	4.43%
Hayward	9.47%	9.93%	4.58%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CECO or HAYW?

Hayward has higher revenue and earnings than CECO Environmental. Hayward is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CECO Environmental, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CECO Environmental	$557.93M	1.22	$12.91M	$0.35	55.31
Hayward	$1.05B	2.47	$80.69M	$0.53	22.66

Summary

CECO Environmental beats Hayward on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.