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$0.97 -0.01 (-1.02%)
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FTEK vs. TAYD, PPIH, LSE, DTI, YIBO, SOTK, WPRT, ASYS, TPIC, and SHMD

Should you be buying Fuel Tech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fuel Tech include Taylor Devices (TAYD), Perma-Pipe International (PPIH), Leishen Energy (LSE), Drilling Tools International (DTI), Planet Image International (YIBO), Sono-Tek (SOTK), Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT), Amtech Systems (ASYS), TPI Composites (TPIC), and SCHMID Group (SHMD). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.

Fuel Tech vs.

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

Fuel Tech has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 312.37%. Given Fuel Tech's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fuel Tech is more favorable than Taylor Devices.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Taylor Devices
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

In the previous week, Fuel Tech had 2 more articles in the media than Taylor Devices. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Fuel Tech and 1 mentions for Taylor Devices. Taylor Devices' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Fuel Tech's score of -0.01 indicating that Taylor Devices is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Taylor Devices Neutral
Fuel Tech Neutral

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 46.14% of users gave Fuel Tech an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Taylor DevicesOutperform Votes
114
69.94%
Underperform Votes
49
30.06%
Fuel TechOutperform Votes
215
46.14%
Underperform Votes
251
53.86%

Taylor Devices has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fuel Tech has a beta of 4.11, meaning that its share price is 311% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Taylor Devices$42.80M2.27$9M$2.5012.38
Fuel Tech$25.13M1.19-$1.54M-$0.06-16.17

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
Taylor Devices19.99% 17.04% 14.66%
Fuel Tech -2.29%-1.37%-1.20%

Summary

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

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FTEK vs. The Competition

MetricFuel TechBlowers & fans IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$29.79M$1.45B$7.09B$7.71B
Dividend YieldN/A1.75%3.59%4.33%
P/E Ratio-48.5016.9120.3918.31
Price / Sales1.191.0976.29107.09
Price / CashN/A11.7326.9434.62
Price / Book0.672.193.674.25
Net Income-$1.54M$87.38M$807.45M$247.51M
7 Day Performance-0.43%-0.32%1.50%6.08%
1 Month Performance-3.00%-8.91%-2.72%-3.77%
1 Year Performance-15.65%-2.48%12.03%4.60%

Fuel Tech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FTEK
Fuel Tech
2.4269 of 5 stars
$0.97
-1.0%
$4.00
+312.4%
-16.3%$29.79M$25.13M-48.5070Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
TAYD
Taylor Devices
0.8387 of 5 stars
$30.34
-0.7%
N/A-43.5%$95.18M$42.80M11.32120
PPIH
Perma-Pipe International
0.8341 of 5 stars
$11.85
-0.9%
N/A+69.3%$94.60M$153.58M6.02610Positive News
Gap Up
LSE
Leishen Energy
N/A$5.15
-4.5%
N/AN/A$86.91M$69.07M0.00173News Coverage
DTI
Drilling Tools International
3.2383 of 5 stars
$1.80
-4.3%
$5.50
+205.6%
-64.3%$64.07M$154.45M6.43394News Coverage
Gap Up
YIBO
Planet Image International
N/A$1.09
-3.1%
N/A-48.0%$58.73M$149.83M0.001,248Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
SOTK
Sono-Tek
2.74 of 5 stars
$3.69
flat
$7.50
+103.3%
-10.0%$58.12M$20.15M52.7180Positive News
Gap Down
WPRT
Westport Fuel Systems
1.1778 of 5 stars
$2.79
-2.1%
$7.27
+160.5%
-52.0%$48.34M$302.30M-1.871,800Gap Up
ASYS
Amtech Systems
1.549 of 5 stars
$3.35
-6.4%
N/A-26.1%$47.87M$100.68M41.88330High Trading Volume
TPIC
TPI Composites
3.5494 of 5 stars
$0.75
+2.8%
$3.19
+327.4%
-68.5%$35.48M$1.33B-0.1513,500Gap Down
SHMD
SCHMID Group
N/A$2.93
+0.7%
N/AN/A$29.67M$79.49M0.00800Upcoming Earnings
Negative News
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:FTEK) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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