Birchtech Corp. (BCHT) vs 374Water Inc. (SCWO)

Birchtech Corp. and 374Water Inc. are both Pollution & Treatment Controls companies. 374Water Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $42.8M against $27.1M — 1.6× the size. 374Water Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 53.5% against 11.0%. Birchtech Corp. has the higher net margin (−21.7% vs −1,056.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −297.2%). Across the 18 metrics below, Birchtech Corp. leads on 14 and 374Water Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric BCHT SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 1.55 22.64 2.57
P/B 3.65 14.33 3.65
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 18.43
EV/Sales 0.95 23.50 2.88
Earnings yield (13.27%) (50.56%) (13.60%)
Free cash flow yield (12.95%) (26.53%) (11.65%)

Profitability

Metric BCHT SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 39.70% 6.25% 32.15%
Operating margin (17.07%) (1,002.21%) (17.50%)
Net margin (21.73%) (1,056.18%) (17.98%)
Free cash flow margin (20.06%) (595.30%) (10.60%)
Return on equity (134.41%) (335.45%) (36.93%)
Return on assets (29.78%) (157.47%) (24.86%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (297.16%) (0.06%)

Growth

Metric BCHT SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.02% 53.49% 8.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 70.91% (53.33%) 11.29%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.66% 19.95% 12.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BCHT SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Debt to equity 0.04 0.93 0.13
Current ratio 1.42 1.67 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 0.79 0.12 0.50

Dividend

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

Size

Metric BCHT SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 27.10m 42.83m 73.82m

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