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 $357.0M against $81.0M — 4.4× the size. Arq, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.93% against −6.78%. Arq, Inc. has the higher net margin (−42.1% vs −11,151.7%) and the lower return on invested capital (−16.7% vs 0.00%). Across the 17 metrics below, Arq, Inc. leads on 9 and Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric ADUR ARQ Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 1,833.28 0.61 2.78
P/B 14.78 0.45 1.98
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m 19.90 18.09
EV/Sales 1,674.21 0.85 2.17
Earnings yield (6.09%) (70.15%) (22.91%)
Free cash flow yield (3.32%) (12.48%) (7.86%)

Profitability

Metric ADUR ARQ Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 100.00% 28.80% 34.98%
Operating margin (7,492.44%) (42.84%) (29.01%)
Net margin (11,151.72%) (42.14%) (31.94%)
Free cash flow margin (6,091.47%) (0.09%) (12.20%)
Return on equity (129.38%) (27.02%) (38.24%)
Return on assets (88.21%) (20.10%) (26.06%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (16.69%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric ADUR ARQ Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) (6.78%) 4.93% 9.79%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (90.62%) (807.14%) 13.10%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 12.30% 8.56%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ADUR ARQ Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.18 0.03
Current ratio 49.41 1.03 1.90
Net debt to EBITDA 2.21 5.61 0.38

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ADUR ARQ Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 357.00m 81.00m 44.11m

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