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Arq, Inc. (ARQ) vs Fuel Tech, Inc. (FTEK)

Arq, Inc. and Fuel Tech, Inc. are both Pollution & Treatment Controls companies. Arq, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $104.8M against $41.5M — 2.5× the size. Fuel Tech, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.3% against 7.32%. Fuel Tech, Inc. has the higher net margin (−14.2% vs −38.6%) and the lower return on invested capital (−16.5% vs −15.9%). Across the 18 metrics below, Fuel Tech, Inc. leads on 11 and Arq, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric ARQ FTEK Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 0.80 1.46 2.50
P/B 0.59 1.12 3.39
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA 22.94 n/m 18.45
EV/Sales 0.96 0.92 2.74
Earnings yield (49.58%) (9.67%) (14.48%)
Free cash flow yield (4.33%) (14.27%) (11.96%)

Profitability

Metric ARQ FTEK Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 32.08% 43.73% 32.15%
Operating margin (38.64%) (17.93%) (17.50%)
Net margin (38.60%) (14.22%) (17.98%)
Free cash flow margin 3.89% (20.80%) (10.60%)
Return on equity (25.12%) (10.37%) (36.99%)
Return on assets (19.11%) (8.91%) (24.89%)
Return on invested capital (15.89%) (16.53%) (0.06%)

Growth

Metric ARQ FTEK Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.32% 15.28% 8.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (807.14%) (33.33%) 11.29%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 12.30% 3.42% 12.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ARQ FTEK Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Debt to equity 0.16 0.00 0.07
Current ratio 1.20 5.02 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 5.61 8.34 0.50

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ARQ FTEK Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 104.81m 41.52m 62.87m

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