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 $27.1M against $9.9M — 2.7× 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 1.44 0.39 2.50
P/B 3.39 0.23 3.39
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m 1.25 18.45
EV/Sales 0.84 (0.47) 2.74
Earnings yield (14.29%) (289.66%) (14.48%)
Free cash flow yield (13.93%) (144.51%) (11.96%)

Profitability

Metric BCHT LIQT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 39.70% 9.07% 32.15%
Operating margin (17.07%) (55.87%) (17.50%)
Net margin (21.73%) (63.66%) (17.98%)
Free cash flow margin (20.06%) (56.15%) (10.60%)
Return on equity (134.41%) (49.46%) (36.99%)
Return on assets (29.78%) (28.21%) (24.89%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (43.29%) (0.06%)

Growth

Metric BCHT LIQT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.02% (0.17%) 8.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 70.91% 45.73% 11.29%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.66% (6.03%) 12.30%
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 0.07
Current ratio 1.42 4.37 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 0.79 (0.56) 0.50

Dividend

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

Size

Metric BCHT LIQT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 27.10m 9.89m 62.87m

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