Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. (ADUR) vs Arq, Inc. (ARQ)

Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. and Arq, Inc. are both Pollution & Treatment Controls companies. Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $325.6M against $104.8M — 3.1× the size. Arq, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.32% against −6.78%. Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −38.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −15.9%). Across the 17 metrics below, Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. leads on 10 and Arq, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric ADUR ARQ Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 1,854.72 0.80 2.50
P/B 7.34 0.59 3.39
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m 22.94 18.45
EV/Sales 1,586.17 0.96 2.74
Earnings yield (4.76%) (49.58%) (14.48%)
Free cash flow yield (3.07%) (4.33%) (11.96%)

Profitability

Metric ADUR ARQ Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 100.00% 32.08% 32.15%
Operating margin 0.00% (38.64%) (17.50%)
Net margin 0.00% (38.60%) (17.98%)
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 3.89% (10.60%)
Return on equity (48.86%) (25.12%) (36.99%)
Return on assets (39.67%) (19.11%) (24.89%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (15.89%) (0.06%)

Growth

Metric ADUR ARQ Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) (6.78%) 7.32% 8.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (90.62%) (807.14%) 11.29%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 12.30% 12.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ADUR ARQ Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.16 0.07
Current ratio 88.77 1.20 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 2.21 5.61 0.50

Dividend

Metric ADUR ARQ Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Dividend yield — — —
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric ADUR ARQ Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 325.60m 104.81m 62.87m

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