CECO Environmental Corp. (CECO) vs PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (PCT)

CECO Environmental Corp. and PureCycle Technologies, Inc. are both Pollution & Treatment Controls companies. CECO Environmental Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $3.6B against $641.9M — 5.5× the size. CECO Environmental Corp. has the higher net margin (−3.39% vs −1,775.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (−0.12% vs −19.3%). Across the 17 metrics below, CECO Environmental Corp. leads on 15 and PureCycle Technologies, Inc. on 2.

Valuation

Metric CECO PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 2.72 41.09 2.78
P/B 1.18 36.49 1.98
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA 103.00 n/m 18.09
EV/Sales 3.46 59.80 2.17
Earnings yield (1.20%) (43.65%) (22.91%)
Free cash flow yield (0.41%) (37.53%) (7.86%)

Profitability

Metric CECO PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 32.15% (782.77%) 34.98%
Operating margin (0.60%) (1,316.81%) (29.01%)
Net margin (3.39%) (1,775.62%) (31.94%)
Free cash flow margin (1.13%) (1,542.05%) (12.20%)
Return on equity (2.57%) (427.37%) (38.24%)
Return on assets (1.33%) (23.90%) (26.06%)
Return on invested capital (0.12%) (19.25%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric CECO PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 37.64% — 9.79%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 280.56% 30.86% 13.10%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 19.63% — 8.56%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 43.55% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CECO PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Debt to equity 0.35 1.47 0.03
Current ratio 1.50 2.60 1.90
Net debt to EBITDA 1.36 (1.70) 0.38

Dividend

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

Size

Metric CECO PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 3.55b 641.89m 44.11m

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