Atmus Filtration Technologies (NYSE:ATMU – Get Free Report) and Fuel Tech (NASDAQ:FTEK – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Atmus Filtration Technologies and Fuel Tech, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Atmus Filtration Technologies | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2.83 |
| Fuel Tech | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Atmus Filtration Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $49.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.59%. Fuel Tech has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 136.69%. Given Fuel Tech’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fuel Tech is more favorable than Atmus Filtration Technologies.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Atmus Filtration Technologies | $1.72 billion | 2.51 | $185.60 million | $2.40 | 22.09 |
| Fuel Tech | $25.13 million | 2.09 | -$1.94 million | ($0.09) | -18.78 |
Atmus Filtration Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Fuel Tech. Fuel Tech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atmus Filtration Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Atmus Filtration Technologies has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fuel Tech has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
32.7% of Atmus Filtration Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.9% of Fuel Tech shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Atmus Filtration Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Fuel Tech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Atmus Filtration Technologies and Fuel Tech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Atmus Filtration Technologies | 11.57% | 76.84% | 17.36% |
| Fuel Tech | -12.17% | -7.29% | -6.32% |
Summary
Atmus Filtration Technologies beats Fuel Tech on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Atmus Filtration Technologies
Atmus Filtration Technologies Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells filtration products under the Fleetguard brand name in North America, Europe, South America, Asia, Australia, Africa, and internationally. The company offers fuel filters, lube filters, air filters, crankcase ventilation, hydraulic filters, coolants, and fuel additives, as well as other chemicals; and fuel water separators and other filtration systems to original equipment manufacturers, dealers/distributors, and end-users. Its products are used in on-highway commercial vehicles and off-highway agriculture, construction, mining, and power generation vehicles and equipment. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
About Fuel Tech
Fuel Tech, Inc. provides boiler optimization, efficiency improvement, and air pollution reduction and control solutions to utility and industrial customers worldwide. The company operates through Air Pollution Control Technology and FUEL CHEM Technology segments. The Air Pollution Control Technology segment offers technologies to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions in flue gas from boilers, incinerators, furnaces, and other stationary combustion sources; NOxOUT and HERT selective non-catalytic reduction systems; selective catalytic reduction systems comprising ammonia injection grid, and graduated straightening grid systems; I-NOx systems; ESP Processes and Services; ULTRA technology; and flue gas conditioning systems. The FUEL CHEM Technology segment provides programs to improve the efficiency, reliability, fuel flexibility, boiler heat rate, and environmental status of combustion units by controlling slagging, fouling, corrosion, opacity, and acid plume, as well as the formation of sulfur trioxide, ammonium bisulfate, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide through the addition of chemicals into the furnace using TIFI targeted in-furnace injection technology. This segment offers its FUEL CHEM program for plants operating in the electric utility, industrial, pulp and paper, waste-to-energy, and university and district heating markets; and the owners of boilers, furnaces, and other combustion units. Fuel Tech, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Warrenville, Illinois.
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