Palladyne AI (PDYN) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate PDYN or CECO?

Palladyne AI presently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 148.76%. CECO Environmental has a consensus price target of $36.20, indicating a potential upside of 80.91%. Given Palladyne AI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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

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%

Does the media favor PDYN or CECO?

In the previous week, CECO Environmental had 3 more articles in the media than Palladyne AI. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for CECO Environmental and 6 mentions for Palladyne AI. CECO Environmental's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Palladyne AI's score of 0.19 indicating that CECO Environmental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	$7.79M	27.28	-$115.59M	-$2.70	-2.23
CECO Environmental	$557.93M	1.25	$12.91M	$0.35	57.17

Do institutionals and insiders 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of CECO Environmental shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PDYN or CECO?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Palladyne AI	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
CECO Environmental	Outperform Votes 25 78.13%	Underperform Votes 7 21.88%

Which has more volatility & risk, PDYN or CECO?

Palladyne AI has a beta of 3.88, suggesting that its stock price is 288% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CECO Environmental has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CECO Environmental beats Palladyne AI on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.