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 $2.2B against $377.7M — 5.9× the size. CECO Environmental Corp. has the higher net margin (−3.39% vs −1,528.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (−0.12% vs −18.6%). 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 2.07 24.52 2.57
P/B 0.90 18.14 3.65
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA 83.75 n/m 18.43
EV/Sales 2.81 43.90 2.88
Earnings yield (1.57%) (66.81%) (13.60%)
Free cash flow yield (0.54%) (62.30%) (11.65%)

Profitability

Metric CECO PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 32.15% (813.86%) 32.15%
Operating margin (0.60%) (1,313.83%) (17.50%)
Net margin (3.39%) (1,528.60%) (17.98%)
Free cash flow margin (1.13%) (1,527.69%) (10.60%)
Return on equity (2.57%) (482.42%) (36.93%)
Return on assets (1.33%) (21.50%) (24.86%)
Return on invested capital (0.12%) (18.58%) (0.06%)

Growth

Metric CECO PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 37.64% — 8.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 280.56% 30.86% 11.29%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 19.63% — 12.30%
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 1.32 0.13
Current ratio 1.50 1.60 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 1.36 (1.70) 0.50

Dividend

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

Size

Metric CECO PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 2.21b 377.70m 73.82m

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