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Arq, Inc. (ARQ) vs CECO Environmental Corp. (CECO)

Arq, Inc. and CECO Environmental Corp. are both Pollution & Treatment Controls companies. CECO Environmental Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $2.2B against $104.8M — 21.1× the size. CECO Environmental Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 37.6% against 7.32%. CECO Environmental Corp. has the higher net margin (−3.39% vs −38.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (−0.12% vs −15.9%). Across the 20 metrics below, CECO Environmental Corp. leads on 14 and Arq, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ARQ CECO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 0.80 1.80 2.50
P/B 0.59 0.78 3.39
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA 22.94 75.47 18.45
EV/Sales 0.96 2.53 2.74
Earnings yield (49.58%) (1.82%) (14.48%)
Free cash flow yield (4.33%) (0.63%) (11.96%)

Profitability

Metric ARQ CECO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 32.08% 32.15% 32.15%
Operating margin (38.64%) (0.60%) (17.50%)
Net margin (38.60%) (3.39%) (17.98%)
Free cash flow margin 3.89% (1.13%) (10.60%)
Return on equity (25.12%) (2.57%) (36.99%)
Return on assets (19.11%) (1.33%) (24.89%)
Return on invested capital (15.89%) (0.12%) (0.06%)

Growth

Metric ARQ CECO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.32% 37.64% 8.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (807.14%) 280.56% 11.29%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 12.30% 19.63% 12.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 43.55% 0.00%

Health

Metric ARQ CECO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Debt to equity 0.16 0.35 0.07
Current ratio 1.20 1.50 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 5.61 1.36 0.50

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ARQ CECO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 104.81m 2.21b 62.87m

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