CECO vs BW vs GENC Stock Comparison

Ceco Environmental, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises and Gencor Industries Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CECO Ceco Environmental Corp
$47.74 -35.0% 1M -8.5% 1Y
Market cap
$2.20B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$903.17M
Div. yield
–
Pollution Control Equipment Industrials
2 wins
GENC Gencor Industries Inc
$17.23 -1.2% 1M +18.5% 1Y
Market cap
$255.05M
P/E
17.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$110.01M
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Gencor Industries leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Gencor Industries 4, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises 4, Ceco Environmental 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCECOBWGENCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.20B $645.47M $255.05M CECO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -71.8x -19.4x 17.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.8x 29.7x 15.2x GENC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +37.6% +42.6% -6.4% BW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -3.4% -4.0% 13.5% GENC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -0.3% 14.3% — BW
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 23.5x -2.8x — BW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -8.5% +20.2% +18.5% BW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +47.7%/yr -8.3%/yr +9.3%/yr CECO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 67.4% 114.6% 38.4% GENC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 48/100 50/100 61/100 GENC

Percentile Scorecard

CECOBWGENC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCECOBWGENC
Valuation 65 #8 of 21 62 #24 of 61 65 #72 of 203
Growth 28 #14 of 19 70 #18 of 58 42 #109 of 187
Profitability 56 #8 of 17 72 #16 of 55 37 #117 of 185
Financial Health 43 #13 of 22 37 #45 of 71 100 #1 of 219
Shareholder Returns – 7 #27 of 29 –
Overall 48 50 61
  • CECO ranked among 22 companies in Environmental Equipment
  • BW ranked among 71 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • GENC ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCECOBWGENCSPY
1 month -35.0%-33.8%-1.2% -0.8%
3 months -35.3%-55.7%+15.3% +3.5%
6 months -26.5%-73.1%+15.8% +7.0%
Year to date -20.2%-34.4%+32.9% +12.2%
1 year -8.5%+20.2%+18.5% +13.0%
3 years +204.9%+77.0%+23.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year +45.0%+21.0%+7.2% +23.1%
5 years +602.1%-35.2%+56.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year +47.7%-8.3%+9.3% +11.0%
10 years +361.3%-97.3%+47.3% +258.0%
10 years, per year +16.5%-30.3%+3.9% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCECOBWGENCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 67.4%114.6%38.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 72.4%103.5%30.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.953.310.85 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.130.180.48 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -52.1%-97.4%-55.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -52.1%-81.0%-14.4% -1.8%
52-week high $99.67$21.85$20.14 $779.14
52-week low $47.44$3.16$12.23 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCECOBWGENC
P/E now vs peer median -67.6xmedian 25.6x -17.8xmedian 25.4x 17.0xmedian 26.0x
P/S now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 2.5x 0.8xmedian 2.1x 1.9xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 96.4xmedian 19.1x 14.5xmedian 17.5x 3.2xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -95.7xmedian 25.2x -10.7xmedian 27.3x -131.6xmedian 21.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 2.0x 10.8xmedian 1.7x 0.9xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.28median 1.54 -0.73median 0.77 2.31median 1.26

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCECOBWGENC
Revenue $903.17M $821.95M $110.01M
Gross profit $290.34M $160.14M $31.45M
Operating income -$5.38M $22.49M $12.92M
Net income -$28.18M -$18.35M $14.89M
Free cash flow -$21.60M -$58.17M -$1.62M
R&D – – $2.73M
EPS (diluted) $-0.71 $-0.21 $1.02
Cash & equivalents $61.10M $308.63M $26.26M
Total debt $727.71M $209.43M –
Shares (diluted) 43.31M 154.51M 14.66M
Enterprise value $2.02B $116.44M -$348.29M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCECOBWGENC
P/E -67.6x -17.8x 17.0x
P/FCF -95.7x -10.7x -131.6x
P/Operating cash flow -287.1x -17.8x 194.3x
P/S 2.3x 0.8x 1.9x
P/B 1.0x 10.8x 0.9x
P/Tangible book 1.9x 14.1x 0.9x
EV/EBITDA 96.4x 14.5x 3.2x
EV/EBIT -508.7x 23.1x 3.7x
EV/Revenue 3.0x 0.6x 0.4x
EV/FCF -126.6x -8.9x -30.0x
EV/Operating cash flow -379.7x -15.0x 44.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.28 -0.73 2.31

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCECOBWGENC
Revenue growth (1Y) 37.6% 42.6% -6.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 24.6% 3.5% 0.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 25.6% 20.7% -3.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 26.1% -2.8% 4.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) -105.5% 879.4% -16.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -30.3% 17.5% 2.8%
Net income growth (1Y) -152.2% 87.7% -2.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -53.8% 17.3% 7.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -149.3% 87.1% -2.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -52.7% 24.6% 7.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -196.9% 72.4% 796.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -29.1% -73.7% 28.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -27.1% 57.3% -78.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -36.0% -120.7% 50.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCECOBWGENC
Gross margin 32.1% 19.5% 28.6%
EBITDA margin 3.1% 4.4% 13.7%
Operating margin -0.6% 2.7% 11.7%
Pretax margin -3.9% -8.8% 17.0%
Net margin -3.4% -4.0% 13.5%
FCF margin -2.4% -7.1% -1.5%
Operating cash flow margin -0.8% -4.2% 1.0%
Return on equity -2.3% – 6.7%
Return on assets -1.2% -8.9% 6.3%
Return on invested capital -0.3% 14.3% –
Return on capital employed -0.3% 5.9% 5.7%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.9x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.3x 1.9x 0.1x
Stock comp / revenue 2.2% 2.0% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCECOBWGENC
Debt / assets 19.5% 21.0% –
Debt / equity 0.3x 3.7x –
Net debt / EBITDA 23.5x -2.8x –
Debt / FCF -33.7x -3.6x –
Liabilities / assets 44.3% 94.3% 5.9%
Equity / assets 55.7% 5.7% 94.1%
Interest coverage -0.2x 0.9x –
Current ratio 1.5x 1.5x 19.2x
Quick ratio 1.0x 1.1x 14.9x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.6x 14.1x
Altman Z-score 1.10 -0.91 11.91

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCECOBWGENC
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – -62.0% –
Shareholder yield 0.0% -62.0% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCECOBWGENC
Forward P/E 19.8xFY2026 29.7xFY2026 15.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.41FY2026 $0.14FY2026 $1.13FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +167.8%FY2026 – +5.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +27.4% +221.4% -15.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.43BFY2026 $1.01BFY2026 $111.17MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +84.9%FY2026 +71.1%FY2026 -3.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +31.3% +35.9% +38.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCECOBWGENC
Held by institutions 88.3% 88.0% 48.7%
Institutions holding 345 200 94
Change in shares held, QoQ +64.8% +24.0% -2.6%
Institutions buying 246 146 40
Institutions selling 71 41 33
Buyers to sellers 3.46 3.56 1.21

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CECOBWGENC
CECO 1.00 0.35 0.25
BW 0.35 1.00 0.16
GENC 0.25 0.16 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CECO, BW and GENC?

Ceco Environmental (CECO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ceco Environmental (CECO) $2.20B, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) $645.47M, Gencor Industries (GENC) $255.05M.

Which company is growing faster?

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ceco Environmental (CECO) +37.6%, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) +42.6%, Gencor Industries (GENC) -6.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Gencor Industries (GENC) has the highest net margin (Ceco Environmental (CECO) -3.4%, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) -4.0%, Gencor Industries (GENC) 13.5%). On return on invested capital, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) leads (Ceco Environmental (CECO) -0.3%, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) 14.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) returned the most: Ceco Environmental (CECO) -8.5%, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) +20.2%, Gencor Industries (GENC) +18.5%. Over five years, Ceco Environmental (CECO) compounded fastest (Ceco Environmental (CECO) +47.7%/yr, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) -8.3%/yr, Gencor Industries (GENC) +9.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Gencor Industries (GENC) has been the steadiest (Ceco Environmental (CECO) 67.4%, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) 114.6%, Gencor Industries (GENC) 38.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CECO, BW and GENC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Gencor Industries (GENC) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.