CECO vs VNT vs GLW Stock Comparison

Ceco Environmental, Vontier and Corning 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
2 wins
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
GLW Corning Inc /Ny
$123.63 -20.0% 1M +44.0% 1Y
Market cap
$109.74B
P/E
57.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.96B
Div. yield
0.01%
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Vontier leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Vontier 6, Corning 3, Ceco Environmental 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCECOVNTGLWLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.09B $4.84B $109.74B GLW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -68.3x 13.9x 57.8x VNT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 20.2x 9.5x 35.8x VNT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +37.6% +0.9% +19.4% CECO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -3.4% 11.3% 11.2% VNT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -0.3% 14.5% 10.4% VNT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 23.5x 2.3x 1.5x GLW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -4.1% -20.1% +44.0% GLW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +48.1%/yr +0.0%/yr +26.5%/yr CECO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 67.3% 31.5% 74.5% VNT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 49/100 58/100 57/100 VNT

Percentile Scorecard

CECOVNTGLW

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

AxisCECOVNTGLW
Valuation 70 #7 of 21 83 #36 of 203 19 #76 of 94
Growth 28 #14 of 19 25 #141 of 188 99 #2 of 92
Profitability 56 #8 of 17 86 #28 of 187 81 #18 of 89
Financial Health 43 #13 of 22 15 #188 of 222 59 #40 of 97
Shareholder Returns – 79 #33 of 153 29 #50 of 70
Overall 49 58 57
  • CECO ranked among 22 companies in Environmental Equipment
  • VNT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • GLW ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCECOVNTGLWSPY
1 month -35.0%+9.7%-20.0% -1.0%
3 months -35.5%+11.7%-15.7% +2.9%
6 months -24.8%-5.0%-29.7% +6.4%
Year to date -18.5%-7.6%+41.2% +11.4%
1 year -4.1%-20.1%+44.0% +13.1%
3 years +214.0%+15.7%+360.3% +79.4%
3 years, per year +46.5%+5.0%+66.4% +21.5%
5 years +612.0%+0.1%+223.4% +67.7%
5 years, per year +48.1%+0.0%+26.5% +10.9%
10 years +364.0%—+419.0% +255.2%
10 years, per year +16.6%—+17.9% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureCECOVNTGLWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 67.3%31.5%74.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 72.6%35.1%75.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.971.003.01 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.06-0.640.59 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.1%-51.4%-51.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -51.1%-20.1%-51.6% -2.5%
52-week high $99.67$43.03$255.69 $779.14
52-week low $47.44$27.80$78.03 $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.

MultipleCECOVNTGLW
P/E now vs peer median -69.0xmedian 25.9x 13.8xmedian 25.9x 56.1xmedian 21.5x
P/S now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 2.5x 1.5xmedian 1.9x 6.3xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 98.0xmedian 19.3x 9.1xmedian 13.7x 27.9xmedian 12.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -97.8xmedian 25.4x 12.2xmedian 21.1x 44.5xmedian 15.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 2.0x 3.9xmedian 2.3x 8.1xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 1.31median 1.53 1.48median 1.19 1.28median 1.70

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 monthsCECOVNTGLW
Revenue $903.17M $3.07B $16.96B
Gross profit $290.34M $1.45B $6.17B
Operating income -$5.38M $576.60M $2.60B
Net income -$28.18M $348.00M $2.07B
Free cash flow -$21.60M $384.80M $2.40B
R&D – $164.50M $1.14B
EPS (diluted) $-0.71 $2.49 $2.17
Cash & equivalents $61.10M $265.80M $2.50B
Total debt $1.41B $7.99B $33.16B
Shares (diluted) 43.31M 139.80M 875.00M
Enterprise value $1.92B $3.41B $102.31B

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
MetricCECOVNTGLW
P/E -69.0x 13.8x 56.1x
P/FCF -97.8x 12.2x 44.5x
P/Operating cash flow -293.3x 10.1x 27.2x
P/S 2.3x 1.5x 6.3x
P/B 1.0x 3.9x 8.1x
P/Tangible book 2.0x 5.4x 8.5x
EV/EBITDA 98.0x 9.1x 27.9x
EV/EBIT -517.0x 11.0x 43.3x
EV/Revenue 3.1x 2.1x 6.6x
EV/FCF -128.7x 16.4x 47.0x
EV/Operating cash flow -385.8x 13.7x 28.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.31 1.48 1.28

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCECOVNTGLW
Revenue growth (1Y) 37.6% 0.9% 19.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 24.6% -1.4% 8.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 25.6% 0.7% 24.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 26.1% 0.0% 15.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) -105.5% 5.4% 51.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -30.3% 0.9% 39.6%
Net income growth (1Y) -152.2% -11.9% 128.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -53.8% 5.3% 44.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -149.3% -6.6% 129.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -52.7% 9.3% 43.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -196.9% -7.4% 79.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -29.1% 2.4% 27.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -27.1% -9.9% 100.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -36.0% 1.2% 111.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCECOVNTGLW
Gross margin 32.1% 47.2% 36.4%
EBITDA margin 3.1% 22.7% 23.8%
Operating margin -0.6% 18.8% 15.3%
Pretax margin -3.9% 14.4% 14.2%
Net margin -3.4% 11.3% 11.2%
FCF margin -2.4% 12.5% 14.1%
Operating cash flow margin -0.8% 15.1% 23.1%
Return on equity -2.3% 28.2% 16.3%
Return on assets -1.2% 8.5% 6.5%
Return on invested capital -0.3% 14.5% 10.4%
Return on capital employed -0.3% 18.8% 10.0%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.8x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.3x 1.3x 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue 2.2% 1.0% 2.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCECOVNTGLW
Debt / assets 19.5% 47.1% 25.7%
Debt / equity 0.3x 1.6x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 23.5x 2.3x 1.5x
Debt / FCF -33.7x 4.9x 3.5x
Liabilities / assets 44.3% 70.2% 60.2%
Equity / assets 55.7% 29.8% 39.8%
Interest coverage -0.2x – 7.3x
Current ratio 1.5x 1.3x 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.8x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.3x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 1.12 3.01 4.89

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCECOVNTGLW
Dividend yield – 0.3% 0.9%
Net buyback yield – 8.2% -0.5%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 8.6% 0.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 47.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 41.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -0.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 0.9%

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.

ConsensusCECOVNTGLW
Forward P/E 20.2xFY2026 9.5xFY2026 35.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.41FY2026 $3.61FY2026 $3.45FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +167.8%FY2026 +12.8%FY2026 +36.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +27.4% +7.2% +23.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.43BFY2026 $3.11BFY2026 $18.31BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +84.9%FY2026 +1.0%FY2026 +11.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +31.3% +3.0% +30.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCECOVNTGLW
Held by institutions 88.3% 100.0% 73.0%
Institutions holding 345 461 2,680
Change in shares held, QoQ +64.8% +4.5% +3.5%
Institutions buying 246 181 1,474
Institutions selling 71 191 949
Buyers to sellers 3.46 0.95 1.55

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.

CECOVNTGLW
CECO 1.00 0.18 0.38
VNT 0.18 1.00 0.18
GLW 0.38 0.18 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CECO, VNT and GLW?

Corning (GLW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ceco Environmental (CECO) $2.09B, Vontier (VNT) $4.84B, Corning (GLW) $109.74B.

Which stock is cheaper, CECO, VNT and GLW?

Vontier (VNT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ceco Environmental (CECO) -68.3x, Vontier (VNT) 13.9x, Corning (GLW) 57.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Vontier (VNT) is cheapest (Ceco Environmental (CECO) 20.2x, Vontier (VNT) 9.5x, Corning (GLW) 35.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ceco Environmental (CECO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ceco Environmental (CECO) +37.6%, Vontier (VNT) +0.9%, Corning (GLW) +19.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Vontier (VNT) has the highest net margin (Ceco Environmental (CECO) -3.4%, Vontier (VNT) 11.3%, Corning (GLW) 11.2%). On return on invested capital, Vontier (VNT) leads (Ceco Environmental (CECO) -0.3%, Vontier (VNT) 14.5%, Corning (GLW) 10.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Corning (GLW) returned the most: Ceco Environmental (CECO) -4.1%, Vontier (VNT) -20.1%, Corning (GLW) +44.0%. Over five years, Ceco Environmental (CECO) compounded fastest (Ceco Environmental (CECO) +48.1%/yr, Vontier (VNT) +0.0%/yr, Corning (GLW) +26.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Ceco Environmental (CECO) 0.00%, Vontier (VNT) 0.00%, Corning (GLW) 0.01%. Ceco Environmental (CECO) and Vontier (VNT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Vontier (VNT) has been the steadiest (Ceco Environmental (CECO) 67.3%, Vontier (VNT) 31.5%, Corning (GLW) 74.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.