Fuel Tech (FTEK) Competitors

Fuel Tech (NASDAQ:FTEK) and Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, FTEK or TAYD?

Taylor Devices has higher revenue and earnings than Fuel Tech. Fuel Tech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Taylor Devices, 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
Fuel Tech	$25.13M	1.19	-$1.54M	-$0.06	-16.23
Taylor Devices	$42.80M	2.35	$9M	$2.50	12.80

Does the media refer more to FTEK or TAYD?

In the previous week, Taylor Devices had 4 more articles in the media than Fuel Tech. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Taylor Devices and 3 mentions for Fuel Tech. Fuel Tech's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Taylor Devices' score of 0.38 indicating that Fuel Tech is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fuel Tech	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Taylor Devices	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is FTEK or TAYD more profitable?

Taylor Devices has a net margin of 19.99% compared to Fuel Tech's net margin of -2.29%. Taylor Devices' return on equity of 17.04% beat Fuel Tech's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fuel Tech	-2.29%	-1.37%	-1.20%
Taylor Devices	19.99%	17.04%	14.66%

Do analysts rate FTEK or TAYD?

Fuel Tech presently has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 310.89%. Given Fuel Tech's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Fuel Tech is more favorable than Taylor Devices.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fuel Tech	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Taylor Devices	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FTEK or TAYD?

Fuel Tech received 101 more outperform votes than Taylor Devices when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.94% of users gave Taylor Devices an outperform vote while only 46.34% of users gave Fuel Tech an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fuel Tech	Outperform Votes 215 46.34%	Underperform Votes 249 53.66%
Taylor Devices	Outperform Votes 114 69.94%	Underperform Votes 49 30.06%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FTEK or TAYD?

20.9% of Fuel Tech shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.6% of Taylor Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.3% of Fuel Tech shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Taylor Devices shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, FTEK or TAYD?

Fuel Tech has a beta of 4.25, suggesting that its stock price is 325% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taylor Devices has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Taylor Devices beats Fuel Tech on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.