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 $998.5M against $42.6M — 23.4× the size. Birchtech Corp. has the higher net margin (−21.7% vs −1,775.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −19.3%). 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 2.21 67.20 3.64
P/B 5.20 59.66 2.08
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 17.68
EV/Sales 1.61 85.91 4.26
Earnings yield (9.32%) (26.69%) (18.01%)
Free cash flow yield (9.09%) (22.95%) (5.86%)

Profitability

Metric BCHT PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 39.70% (782.77%) 34.73%
Operating margin (17.07%) (1,316.81%) (29.01%)
Net margin (21.73%) (1,775.62%) (31.94%)
Free cash flow margin (20.06%) (1,542.05%) (12.20%)
Return on equity (134.41%) (427.37%) (38.24%)
Return on assets (29.78%) (23.90%) (26.06%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (19.25%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric BCHT PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.02% — 9.79%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 70.91% 30.86% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.66% — 8.56%
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 1.47 0.03
Current ratio 1.42 2.60 1.90
Net debt to EBITDA 0.79 (1.70) 0.30

Dividend

Metric BCHT PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Dividend yield — — —
Payout ratio — 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric BCHT PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 42.62m 998.50m 48.08m

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