CECO vs BW vs VNT Stock Comparison

Ceco Environmental, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises and Vontier Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CECO Ceco Environmental Corp
$48.77 -35.0% 1M -4.1% 1Y
Market cap
$2.09B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$903.17M
Div. yield
–
Pollution Control Equipment Industrials
1 win
VNT Vontier Corp
$34.37 +9.7% 1M -20.1% 1Y
Market cap
$4.84B
P/E
13.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.07B
Div. yield
–
Power Tools Industrials
6 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Vontier leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Vontier 6, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises 3, Ceco Environmental 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCECOBWVNTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.09B $588.54M $4.84B VNT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -68.3x -17.7x 13.9x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 20.2x 29.6x 9.5x VNT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +37.6% +42.6% +0.9% BW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -3.4% -4.0% 11.3% VNT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -0.3% 14.3% 14.5% VNT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 23.5x -2.8x 2.3x BW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -4.1% +20.7% -20.1% BW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +48.1%/yr -8.6%/yr +0.0%/yr CECO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 67.3% 114.6% 31.5% VNT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 49/100 50/100 58/100 VNT

Percentile Scorecard

CECOBWVNT

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

AxisCECOBWVNT
Valuation 70 #7 of 21 62 #24 of 61 83 #36 of 203
Growth 28 #14 of 19 70 #18 of 58 25 #141 of 188
Profitability 56 #8 of 17 72 #16 of 55 86 #28 of 187
Financial Health 43 #13 of 22 37 #45 of 71 15 #188 of 222
Shareholder Returns – 10 #28 of 31 79 #33 of 153
Overall 49 50 58
  • CECO ranked among 22 companies in Environmental Equipment
  • BW ranked among 71 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • VNT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCECOBWVNTSPY
1 month -35.0%-37.7%+9.7% -1.0%
3 months -35.5%-56.9%+11.7% +2.9%
6 months -24.8%-71.4%-5.0% +6.4%
Year to date -18.5%-34.7%-7.6% +11.4%
1 year -4.1%+20.7%-20.1% +13.1%
3 years +214.0%+69.0%+15.7% +79.4%
3 years, per year +46.5%+19.1%+5.0% +21.5%
5 years +612.0%-36.3%+0.1% +67.7%
5 years, per year +48.1%-8.6%+0.0% +10.9%
10 years +364.0%-97.4%— +255.2%
10 years, per year +16.6%-30.5%— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureCECOBWVNTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 67.3%114.6%31.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 72.6%103.4%35.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.973.231.00 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.060.18-0.64 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.1%-97.4%-51.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -51.1%-81.1%-20.1% -2.5%
52-week high $99.67$21.85$43.03 $779.14
52-week low $47.44$3.16$27.80 $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.

MultipleCECOBWVNT
P/E now vs peer median -69.0xmedian 25.9x -17.7xmedian 24.1x 13.8xmedian 25.9x
P/S now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 2.5x 0.8xmedian 2.2x 1.5xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 98.0xmedian 19.3x 14.4xmedian 17.4x 9.1xmedian 13.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median -97.8xmedian 25.4x -10.6xmedian 27.4x 12.2xmedian 21.1x
P/B now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 2.0x 10.7xmedian 1.8x 3.9xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 1.31median 1.53 -0.72median 0.76 1.48median 1.19

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 monthsCECOBWVNT
Revenue $903.17M $821.95M $3.07B
Gross profit $290.34M $160.14M $1.45B
Operating income -$5.38M $22.49M $576.60M
Net income -$28.18M -$18.35M $348.00M
Free cash flow -$21.60M -$58.17M $384.80M
R&D – – $164.50M
EPS (diluted) $-0.71 $-0.21 $2.49
Cash & equivalents $61.10M $308.63M $265.80M
Total debt $1.41B $209.43M $7.99B
Shares (diluted) 43.31M 154.51M 139.80M
Enterprise value $1.92B $59.51M $3.41B

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
MetricCECOBWVNT
P/E -69.0x -17.7x 13.8x
P/FCF -97.8x -10.6x 12.2x
P/Operating cash flow -293.3x -17.8x 10.1x
P/S 2.3x 0.8x 1.5x
P/B 1.0x 10.7x 3.9x
P/Tangible book 2.0x 14.0x 5.4x
EV/EBITDA 98.0x 14.4x 9.1x
EV/EBIT -517.0x 23.0x 11.0x
EV/Revenue 3.1x 0.6x 2.1x
EV/FCF -128.7x -8.9x 16.4x
EV/Operating cash flow -385.8x -14.9x 13.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.31 -0.72 1.48

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCECOBWVNT
Revenue growth (1Y) 37.6% 42.6% 0.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 24.6% 3.5% -1.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 25.6% 20.7% 0.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 26.1% -2.8% 0.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) -105.5% 879.4% 5.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -30.3% 17.5% 0.9%
Net income growth (1Y) -152.2% 87.7% -11.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -53.8% 17.3% 5.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -149.3% 87.1% -6.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -52.7% 24.6% 9.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -196.9% 72.4% -7.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -29.1% -73.7% 2.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -27.1% 57.3% -9.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -36.0% -120.7% 1.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCECOBWVNT
Gross margin 32.1% 19.5% 47.2%
EBITDA margin 3.1% 4.4% 22.7%
Operating margin -0.6% 2.7% 18.8%
Pretax margin -3.9% -8.8% 14.4%
Net margin -3.4% -4.0% 11.3%
FCF margin -2.4% -7.1% 12.5%
Operating cash flow margin -0.8% -4.2% 15.1%
Return on equity -2.3% – 28.2%
Return on assets -1.2% -8.9% 8.5%
Return on invested capital -0.3% 14.3% 14.5%
Return on capital employed -0.3% 5.9% 18.8%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.9x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.3x 1.9x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 2.2% 2.0% 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCECOBWVNT
Debt / assets 19.5% 21.0% 47.1%
Debt / equity 0.3x 3.7x 1.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 23.5x -2.8x 2.3x
Debt / FCF -33.7x -3.6x 4.9x
Liabilities / assets 44.3% 94.3% 70.2%
Equity / assets 55.7% 5.7% 29.8%
Interest coverage -0.2x 0.9x –
Current ratio 1.5x 1.5x 1.3x
Quick ratio 1.0x 1.1x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.6x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 1.12 -0.92 3.01

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCECOBWVNT
Dividend yield – – 0.3%
Net buyback yield – -62.3% 8.2%
Shareholder yield 0.0% -62.3% 8.6%
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.

ConsensusCECOBWVNT
Forward P/E 20.2xFY2026 29.6xFY2026 9.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.41FY2026 $0.14FY2026 $3.61FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +167.8%FY2026 – +12.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +27.4% +221.4% +7.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.43BFY2026 $1.01BFY2026 $3.11BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +84.9%FY2026 +71.1%FY2026 +1.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +31.3% +35.9% +3.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCECOBWVNT
Held by institutions 88.3% 88.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 345 200 461
Change in shares held, QoQ +64.8% +24.0% +4.5%
Institutions buying 246 146 181
Institutions selling 71 41 191
Buyers to sellers 3.46 3.56 0.95

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.

CECOBWVNT
CECO 1.00 0.35 0.18
BW 0.35 1.00 0.14
VNT 0.18 0.14 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CECO, BW and VNT?

Vontier (VNT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ceco Environmental (CECO) $2.09B, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) $588.54M, Vontier (VNT) $4.84B.

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%, Vontier (VNT) +0.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Vontier (VNT) has the highest net margin (Ceco Environmental (CECO) -3.4%, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) -4.0%, Vontier (VNT) 11.3%). On return on invested capital, Vontier (VNT) leads (Ceco Environmental (CECO) -0.3%, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) 14.3%, Vontier (VNT) 14.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) returned the most: Ceco Environmental (CECO) -4.1%, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) +20.7%, Vontier (VNT) -20.1%. Over five years, Ceco Environmental (CECO) compounded fastest (Ceco Environmental (CECO) +48.1%/yr, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) -8.6%/yr, Vontier (VNT) +0.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Vontier (VNT) has been the steadiest (Ceco Environmental (CECO) 67.3%, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) 114.6%, Vontier (VNT) 31.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Vontier (VNT) leads on 6. 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.