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Birchtech Corp. (BCHT) vs Fuel Tech, Inc. (FTEK)

Birchtech Corp. and Fuel Tech, Inc. are both Pollution & Treatment Controls companies. Fuel Tech, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $41.5M against $27.1M — 1.5× the size. Fuel Tech, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.3% against 11.0%. Fuel Tech, Inc. has the higher net margin (−14.2% vs −21.7%) and the lower return on invested capital (−16.5% vs 0.00%). Across the 18 metrics below, Fuel Tech, Inc. leads on 11 and Birchtech Corp. on 7.

Valuation

Metric BCHT FTEK Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 1.55 1.48 2.57
P/B 3.65 1.13 3.65
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 18.43
EV/Sales 0.95 0.94 2.88
Earnings yield (13.27%) (9.53%) (13.60%)
Free cash flow yield (12.95%) (14.06%) (11.65%)

Profitability

Metric BCHT FTEK Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 39.70% 43.73% 32.15%
Operating margin (17.07%) (17.93%) (17.50%)
Net margin (21.73%) (14.22%) (17.98%)
Free cash flow margin (20.06%) (20.80%) (10.60%)
Return on equity (134.41%) (10.37%) (36.93%)
Return on assets (29.78%) (8.91%) (24.86%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (16.53%) (0.06%)

Growth

Metric BCHT FTEK Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.02% 15.28% 8.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 70.91% (33.33%) 11.29%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.66% 3.42% 12.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BCHT FTEK Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Debt to equity 0.04 0.00 0.13
Current ratio 1.42 5.02 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 0.79 8.34 0.50

Dividend

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

Size

Metric BCHT FTEK Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 27.10m 41.52m 73.82m

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