PDYN vs. CECO, PSIX, NPKI, OUST, AIRJ, AZ, RR, DM, GENC, and TAYD
Should you be buying Palladyne AI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Palladyne AI include CECO Environmental (CECO), Power Solutions International (PSIX), NPK International (NPKI), Ouster (OUST), Montana Technologies (AIRJ), A2Z Smart Technologies (AZ), Richtech Robotics (RR), Desktop Metal (DM), Gencor Industries (GENC), and Taylor Devices (TAYD). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Palladyne AI vs.
Palladyne AI (NASDAQ:PDYN) and CECO Environmental (NASDAQ:CECO) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.
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.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, CECO Environmental had 4 more articles in the media than Palladyne AI. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for CECO Environmental and 2 mentions for Palladyne AI. Palladyne AI's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat CECO Environmental's score of 0.88 indicating that Palladyne AI is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Palladyne AI has a beta of 3.78, meaning that its share price is 278% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CECO Environmental has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
CECO Environmental received 24 more outperform votes than Palladyne AI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Palladyne AI an outperform vote while only 78.13% of users gave CECO Environmental an outperform vote.
Palladyne AI presently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 139.23%. CECO Environmental has a consensus price target of $36.20, indicating a potential upside of 90.22%. Given Palladyne AI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Palladyne AI is more favorable than CECO Environmental.
Summary
CECO Environmental beats Palladyne AI on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PDYN) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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