Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. (ADUR) vs Fuel Tech, Inc. (FTEK)

Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. and Fuel Tech, Inc. are both Pollution & Treatment Controls companies. Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $325.6M against $41.5M — 7.8× the size. Fuel Tech, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.3% against −6.78%. Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −14.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −16.5%). Across the 16 metrics below, Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. leads on 9 and Fuel Tech, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric ADUR FTEK Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 1,854.72 1.46 2.50
P/B 7.34 1.12 3.39
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 18.45
EV/Sales 1,586.17 0.92 2.74
Earnings yield (4.76%) (9.67%) (14.48%)
Free cash flow yield (3.07%) (14.27%) (11.96%)

Profitability

Metric ADUR FTEK Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 100.00% 43.73% 32.15%
Operating margin 0.00% (17.93%) (17.50%)
Net margin 0.00% (14.22%) (17.98%)
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (20.80%) (10.60%)
Return on equity (48.86%) (10.37%) (36.99%)
Return on assets (39.67%) (8.91%) (24.89%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (16.53%) (0.06%)

Growth

Metric ADUR FTEK Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) (6.78%) 15.28% 8.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (90.62%) (33.33%) 11.29%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 3.42% 12.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ADUR FTEK Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.07
Current ratio 88.77 5.02 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 2.21 8.34 0.50

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ADUR FTEK Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 325.60m 41.52m 62.87m

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