Birchtech Corp. (BCHT) vs LiqTech International, Inc. (LIQT)

Birchtech Corp. and LiqTech International, Inc. are both Pollution & Treatment Controls companies. Birchtech Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $31.8M against $12.3M — 2.6× the size. Birchtech Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.0% against −0.17%. Birchtech Corp. has the higher net margin (−21.7% vs −63.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −43.3%). Across the 18 metrics below, Birchtech Corp. leads on 11 and LiqTech International, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric BCHT LIQT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 1.62 0.51 2.78
P/B 3.81 0.31 1.98
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m 0.93 18.09
EV/Sales 1.02 (0.35) 2.17
Earnings yield (12.71%) (221.05%) (22.91%)
Free cash flow yield (12.40%) (110.28%) (7.86%)

Profitability

Metric BCHT LIQT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 39.70% 9.07% 34.98%
Operating margin (17.07%) (55.87%) (29.01%)
Net margin (21.73%) (63.66%) (31.94%)
Free cash flow margin (20.06%) (56.15%) (12.20%)
Return on equity (134.41%) (49.46%) (38.24%)
Return on assets (29.78%) (28.21%) (26.06%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (43.29%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric BCHT LIQT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.02% (0.17%) 9.79%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 70.91% 45.73% 13.10%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.66% (6.03%) 8.56%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BCHT LIQT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Debt to equity 0.04 0.09 0.03
Current ratio 1.42 4.37 1.90
Net debt to EBITDA 0.79 (0.56) 0.38

Dividend

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

Size

Metric BCHT LIQT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 31.83m 12.26m 44.11m

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