Palladyne AI (PDYN) Competitors

Palladyne AI (NASDAQ:PDYN) and CECO Environmental (NASDAQ:CECO) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate PDYN or CECO?

Palladyne AI currently has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 76.26%. CECO Environmental has a consensus target price of $36.20, indicating a potential upside of 27.82%. Given Palladyne AI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Palladyne AI is more favorable than CECO Environmental.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Palladyne AI	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
CECO Environmental	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has more volatility and risk, PDYN or CECO?

Palladyne AI has a beta of 3.9, meaning that its share price is 290% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CECO Environmental has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PDYN or CECO?

In the previous week, Palladyne AI had 6 more articles in the media than CECO Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Palladyne AI and 6 mentions for CECO Environmental. Palladyne AI's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat CECO Environmental's score of 0.12 indicating that Palladyne AI is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PDYN or CECO?

CECO Environmental has higher revenue and earnings than Palladyne AI. Palladyne AI 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
Palladyne AI	$6.15M	41.66	-$115.59M	-$2.16	-3.94
CECO Environmental	$544.84M	1.82	$12.91M	$0.33	85.82

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PDYN or CECO?

26.0% of Palladyne AI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of CECO Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. 12.0% of Palladyne AI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of CECO Environmental shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PDYN or CECO?

CECO Environmental received 23 more outperform votes than Palladyne AI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Palladyne AI an outperform vote while only 80.00% of users gave CECO Environmental an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Palladyne AI	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
CECO Environmental	Outperform Votes 24 80.00%	Underperform Votes 6 20.00%

Is PDYN or CECO more profitable?

CECO Environmental has a net margin of 2.16% compared to Palladyne AI's net margin of -722.22%. CECO Environmental's return on equity of 11.12% beat Palladyne AI's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Palladyne AI	-722.22%	-56.81%	-37.45%
CECO Environmental	2.16%	11.12%	4.43%

Summary

CECO Environmental beats Palladyne AI on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.