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.
Gorman-Rupp (NYSE:GRC) and CECO Environmental (NASDAQ:CECO) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
59.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of CECO Environmental shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of CECO Environmental shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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. Gorman-Rupp's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat CECO Environmental's score of 0.00 indicating that CECO Environmental is being referred to more favorably in the news 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.
Gorman-Rupp has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CECO Environmental has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gorman-Rupp has a net margin of 5.52% compared to Gorman-Rupp's net margin of 2.23%. Gorman-Rupp's return on equity of 11.57% beat CECO Environmental's return on equity.
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.
Gorman-Rupp currently has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.70%. CECO Environmental has a consensus price target of $27.40, indicating a potential upside of 10.44%. Given CECO Environmental's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gorman-Rupp is more favorable than CECO Environmental.
Summary
CECO Environmental beats Gorman-Rupp on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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