Birchtech Corp. (BCHT) vs PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (PCT)

Birchtech Corp. and PureCycle Technologies, Inc. are both Pollution & Treatment Controls companies. PureCycle Technologies, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $377.7M against $27.1M — 13.9× the size. Birchtech Corp. has the higher net margin (−21.7% vs −1,528.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −18.6%). Across the 16 metrics below, Birchtech Corp. leads on 13 and PureCycle Technologies, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric BCHT PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 1.55 24.52 2.57
P/B 3.65 18.14 3.65
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 18.43
EV/Sales 0.95 43.90 2.88
Earnings yield (13.27%) (66.81%) (13.60%)
Free cash flow yield (12.95%) (62.30%) (11.65%)

Profitability

Metric BCHT PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 39.70% (813.86%) 32.15%
Operating margin (17.07%) (1,313.83%) (17.50%)
Net margin (21.73%) (1,528.60%) (17.98%)
Free cash flow margin (20.06%) (1,527.69%) (10.60%)
Return on equity (134.41%) (482.42%) (36.93%)
Return on assets (29.78%) (21.50%) (24.86%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (18.58%) (0.06%)

Growth

Metric BCHT PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.02% — 8.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 70.91% 30.86% 11.29%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.66% — 12.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BCHT PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Debt to equity 0.04 1.32 0.13
Current ratio 1.42 1.60 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 0.79 (1.70) 0.50

Dividend

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

Size

Metric BCHT PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 27.10m 377.70m 73.82m

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