Birchtech Corp. (BCHT) vs Cadiz, Inc. (CDZI)

Birchtech Corp. and Cadiz, Inc. are both Pollution & Treatment Controls companies. Cadiz, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $385.3M against $29.7M — 13.0× the size. Birchtech Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.0% against −21.3%. Birchtech Corp. has the higher net margin (−21.7% vs −353.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −15.1%). Across the 18 metrics below, Birchtech Corp. leads on 14 and Cadiz, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric BCHT CDZI Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 1.49 29.20 2.56
P/B 3.52 74.17 3.52
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 18.08
EV/Sales 0.90 38.58 2.92
Earnings yield (13.76%) (12.17%) (12.97%)
Free cash flow yield (13.42%) (9.03%) (10.72%)

Profitability

Metric BCHT CDZI Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 39.70% 27.14% 32.15%
Operating margin (17.07%) (236.05%) (16.93%)
Net margin (21.73%) (353.94%) (17.24%)
Free cash flow margin (20.06%) (263.64%) (2.74%)
Return on equity (134.41%) (208.42%) (37.94%)
Return on assets (29.78%) (30.92%) (26.06%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (15.09%) (0.06%)

Growth

Metric BCHT CDZI Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.02% (21.32%) 7.96%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 70.91% 9.43% 11.29%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.66% 97.64% 12.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BCHT CDZI Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Debt to equity 0.04 24.96 0.14
Current ratio 1.42 1.16 2.02
Net debt to EBITDA 0.79 (4.12) 0.50

Dividend

Metric BCHT CDZI Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Dividend yield — — —
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric BCHT CDZI Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 29.73m 385.28m 61.28m

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