Arq, Inc. (ARQ) vs 374Water Inc. (SCWO)

Arq, Inc. and 374Water Inc. are both Pollution & Treatment Controls companies. Arq, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $104.8M against $42.8M — 2.4× the size. 374Water Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 53.5% against 7.32%. Arq, Inc. has the higher net margin (−38.6% vs −1,056.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (−15.9% vs −297.2%). Across the 18 metrics below, Arq, Inc. leads on 13 and 374Water Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric ARQ SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 0.80 22.73 2.50
P/B 0.59 14.39 3.39
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA 22.94 n/m 18.45
EV/Sales 0.96 23.59 2.74
Earnings yield (49.58%) (50.35%) (14.48%)
Free cash flow yield (4.33%) (26.42%) (11.96%)

Profitability

Metric ARQ SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 32.08% 6.25% 32.15%
Operating margin (38.64%) (1,002.21%) (17.50%)
Net margin (38.60%) (1,056.18%) (17.98%)
Free cash flow margin 3.89% (595.30%) (10.60%)
Return on equity (25.12%) (335.45%) (36.99%)
Return on assets (19.11%) (157.47%) (24.89%)
Return on invested capital (15.89%) (297.16%) (0.06%)

Growth

Metric ARQ SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.32% 53.49% 8.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (807.14%) (53.33%) 11.29%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 12.30% 19.95% 12.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ARQ SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Debt to equity 0.16 0.93 0.07
Current ratio 1.20 1.67 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 5.61 0.12 0.50

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ARQ SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 104.81m 42.83m 62.87m

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