FTEK vs. PDYN, RR, AIRJ, AZ, OMSE, PPIH, GENC, TAYD, LSE, and ASYS
Should you be buying Fuel Tech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fuel Tech include Palladyne AI (PDYN), Richtech Robotics (RR), AirJoule Technologies (AIRJ), A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions (AZ), OMS Energy Technologies (OMSE), Perma-Pipe International (PPIH), Gencor Industries (GENC), Taylor Devices (TAYD), Leishen Energy (LSE), and Amtech Systems (ASYS). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Fuel Tech vs. Its Competitors
Palladyne AI (NASDAQ:PDYN) and Fuel Tech (NASDAQ:FTEK) are both small-cap machinery companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Palladyne AI has a beta of 3.75, suggesting that its share price is 275% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fuel Tech has a beta of 4.84, suggesting that its share price is 384% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fuel Tech has a net margin of -12.89% compared to Palladyne AI's net margin of -1,028.07%. Fuel Tech's return on equity of -7.70% beat Palladyne AI's return on equity.
26.0% of Palladyne AI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.9% of Fuel Tech shares are held by institutional investors. 13.4% of Palladyne AI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Fuel Tech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Palladyne AI currently has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 115.21%. Fuel Tech has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.86%. Given Palladyne AI's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Palladyne AI is more favorable than Fuel Tech.
Fuel Tech has higher revenue and earnings than Palladyne AI. Fuel Tech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palladyne AI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Fuel Tech had 1 more articles in the media than Palladyne AI. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Fuel Tech and 0 mentions for Palladyne AI. Palladyne AI's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Fuel Tech's score of 0.52 indicating that Palladyne AI is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Fuel Tech beats Palladyne AI on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:FTEK) was last updated on 9/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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