Birchtech Corp. (BCHT) vs Zone Frontier Inc. (ZONE)

Birchtech Corp. and Zone Frontier Inc. are both Pollution & Treatment Controls companies. Zone Frontier Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $60.6M against $31.8M — 1.9× the size. Zone Frontier Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 64.3% against 11.0%. Birchtech Corp. has the higher net margin (−21.7% vs −5,112.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −100.4%). Across the 17 metrics below, Birchtech Corp. leads on 12 and Zone Frontier Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric BCHT ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 1.62 4.41 2.78
P/B 3.81 0.29 1.98
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 18.09
EV/Sales 1.02 1.02 2.17
Earnings yield (12.71%) (1,117.33%) (22.91%)
Free cash flow yield (12.40%) (987.00%) (7.86%)

Profitability

Metric BCHT ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 39.70% 37.81% 34.98%
Operating margin (17.07%) (1,702.00%) (29.01%)
Net margin (21.73%) (5,112.61%) (31.94%)
Free cash flow margin (20.06%) (4,357.33%) (12.20%)
Return on equity (134.41%) (657.47%) (38.24%)
Return on assets (29.78%) (571.26%) (26.06%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (100.44%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric BCHT ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.02% 64.33% 9.79%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 70.91% (31.94%) 13.10%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.66% — 8.56%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric BCHT ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Debt to equity 0.04 0.00 0.03
Current ratio 1.42 21.24 1.90
Net debt to EBITDA 0.79 0.29 0.38

Dividend

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

Size

Metric BCHT ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 31.83m 60.56m 44.11m

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