PPIH vs. FTEK, APT, WRAP, PYRGF, VLD, IDN, IPWR, RSSS, DNMR, and ACNT
Should you be buying Perma-Pipe International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perma-Pipe International include Fuel Tech (FTEK), Alpha Pro Tech (APT), Wrap Technologies (WRAP), PyroGenesis Canada (PYRGF), Velo3D (VLD), Intellicheck (IDN), Ideal Power (IPWR), Research Solutions (RSSS), Danimer Scientific (DNMR), and Ascent Industries (ACNT). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Perma-Pipe International (NASDAQ:PPIH) and Fuel Tech (NASDAQ:FTEK) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Fuel Tech received 125 more outperform votes than Perma-Pipe International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.96% of users gave Perma-Pipe International an outperform vote while only 50.83% of users gave Fuel Tech an outperform vote.
Perma-Pipe International has higher revenue and earnings than Fuel Tech. Fuel Tech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perma-Pipe International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Perma-Pipe International has a net margin of 6.95% compared to Fuel Tech's net margin of -3.41%. Perma-Pipe International's return on equity of 17.70% beat Fuel Tech's return on equity.
28.4% of Perma-Pipe International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.9% of Fuel Tech shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Perma-Pipe International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of Fuel Tech shares are owned 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.
Perma-Pipe International has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fuel Tech has a beta of 4.21, indicating that its stock price is 321% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Fuel Tech had 4 more articles in the media than Perma-Pipe International. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Fuel Tech and 4 mentions for Perma-Pipe International. Perma-Pipe International's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Fuel Tech's score of 0.25 indicating that Perma-Pipe International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fuel Tech has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 230.25%. Given Fuel Tech's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fuel Tech is more favorable than Perma-Pipe International.
Summary
Perma-Pipe International beats Fuel Tech on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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