Kronos Advanced Technologies (OTCMKTS:KNOS – Get Rating) and Fuel Tech (NASDAQ:FTEK – Get Rating) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Volatility & Risk
Kronos Advanced Technologies has a beta of -1.75, indicating that its stock price is 275% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fuel Tech has a beta of 4.33, indicating that its stock price is 333% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
17.3% of Fuel Tech shares are held by institutional investors. 14.3% of Kronos Advanced Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of Fuel Tech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Kronos Advanced Technologies | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Fuel Tech | -5.35% | -3.22% | -2.91% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Kronos Advanced Technologies and Fuel Tech, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Kronos Advanced Technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Fuel Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Kronos Advanced Technologies and Fuel Tech’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Kronos Advanced Technologies | $500,000.00 | 13.58 | -$1.37 million | N/A | N/A |
| Fuel Tech | $26.94 million | 1.60 | -$1.44 million | ($0.04) | -35.25 |
Kronos Advanced Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fuel Tech.
Summary
Kronos Advanced Technologies beats Fuel Tech on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Kronos Advanced Technologies
Kronos Advanced Technologies, Inc. engages in the licensing, manufacturing, and distributing of air movement and purification devices. The company was founded on September 17, 1980 and is headquartered in Lake Oswego, OR.
About Fuel Tech
Fuel Tech, Inc. engages in the development, commercialization and application of proprietary technologies for air pollution control, process optimization, water treatment, and advanced engineering services. It operates through the following segments: Air Pollution Control, Fuel Chem Technologies, and Other. The Air Pollution Control Technology segment includes technologies to reduce nitrogen oxides emissions in flue gas from boilers, incinerators, furnaces, and other stationary combustion sources. The Fuel Chem Technology segment uses chemical processes in combination with computational fluid dynamics, and chemical kinetics modeling boiler modeling, for the control of slagging, fouling, corrosion, opacity, and other sulfur trioxide-related issues in furnaces, and boilers. The Other segment includes those profit and loss items not allocated to either reportable segment. The company was founded by Burr T. Walter in 1987 and is headquartered in Warrenville, IL.
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