Financial Survey: CECO Environmental (NASDAQ:CECO) & Fanuc (OTCMKTS:FANUY)

CECO Environmental (NASDAQ:CECO) and Fanuc (OTCMKTS:FANUY) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares CECO Environmental and Fanuc”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CECO Environmental	$774.38 million	4.41	$50.05 million	($0.69)	-84.42
Fanuc	$5.70 billion	6.36	$1.10 billion	$0.62	29.74

Fanuc has higher revenue and earnings than CECO Environmental. CECO Environmental is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fanuc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for CECO Environmental and Fanuc, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CECO Environmental	1	0	8	1	2.90
Fanuc	0	2	0	1	2.67

CECO Environmental currently has a consensus target price of $102.38, indicating a potential upside of 75.75%. Given CECO Environmental’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe CECO Environmental is more favorable than Fanuc.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

68.1% of CECO Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of Fanuc shares are held by institutional investors. 18.4% of CECO Environmental shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares CECO Environmental and Fanuc’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CECO Environmental	-3.39%	7.36%	3.41%
Fanuc	20.11%	9.60%	8.65%

Volatility and Risk

CECO Environmental has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fanuc has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fanuc beats CECO Environmental on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CECO Environmental

CECO Environmental Corp. provides critical solutions in industrial air quality, industrial water treatment, and energy transition solutions worldwide. It operates in two segments: Engineered Systems and Industrial Process Solutions. The company engineers, designs, manufactures, and installs non-metallic expansion joints and flow control products, including rubber expansion joints, ducting expansion joints, and industrial pinch and duck bill valves; membrane-based industrial water and wastewater treatment systems; and provides dust and fume extraction solutions comprising consultation, design, manufacturing, installation, and service, as well as water and wastewater treatment solutions. It offers engineered and configured products and solutions, including dampers and diverters, expansion joints, selective catalytic reduction systems, severe-service and industrial cyclones, dust collectors, thermal oxidizers, filtration systems, wet and dry scrubbers, separators and coalescers, water treatment packages, metallic and non-metallic pumps, industrial silencers, and fluid handling equipment, as well as plant engineering services and engineered design build fabrication services. In addition, the company offers industrial engineered noise control solutions, including custom acoustical gen-set packages, ambient air baffles, acoustical louvres, and skid enclosures; process filtration solutions for hydrocarbon and chemical processing; and energy and water conservation systems and equipment. The company markets its products and services to natural gas processors, transmission and distribution companies, refineries, power generators, industrial manufacturing, engineering and construction companies, semiconductor manufacturers, compressor manufacturers, beverage can manufacturers, metals and minerals, and electric vehicle producers. CECO Environmental Corp. was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

About Fanuc

FANUC Corporation provides factory automation products in Japan, the Americas, Europe, China, the rest of Asia, and internationally. The company offers CNC series products, servo motors, lasers, robots, compact machining centers, electric injection molding machines, wire electrical discharge machines, and ultra-precision machines. It also provides FANUC intelligent edge link and drive system, an open platform for the manufacturing industry. FANUC Corporation was incorporated in 1950 and is headquartered in Yamanashi, Japan.