CitroTech Inc. (CITR) vs CN Energy Group. Inc. (CNEY)

CitroTech Inc. and CN Energy Group. Inc. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. CitroTech Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $58.7M against $3.9M — 15.1× the size. CitroTech Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; CN Energy Group. Inc. trades at 2.9×. CN Energy Group. Inc. has the higher net margin (12.8% vs −1,788.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −170.7%). Across the 16 metrics below, CN Energy Group. Inc. leads on 13 and CitroTech Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric CITR CNEY Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m 2.94 26.45
P/S 39.00 0.47 1.64
P/B 5.84 0.21 1.84
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 21.25
EV/EBITDA n/m 4.64 12.93
EV/Sales 37.19 0.56 1.90
Earnings yield (59.61%) 33.96% 2.47%
Free cash flow yield (14.84%) (63.10%) 2.20%

Profitability

Metric CITR CNEY Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin (0.70%) 17.50% 27.84%
Operating margin (1,330.45%) 0.00% 5.64%
Net margin (1,788.40%) 12.80% 4.26%
Free cash flow margin (578.56%) 0.00% 4.75%
Return on equity (431.05%) 0.00% 3.73%
Return on assets (257.87%) 0.00% 1.16%
Return on invested capital (170.74%) 0.00% 3.21%

Growth

Metric CITR CNEY Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) (26.37%) — 7.03%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (252.46%) 58.05% (8.48%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 23.31% 6.27%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CITR CNEY Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.01 0.14 0.59
Current ratio 8.77 2.77 2.16
Net debt to EBITDA 0.44 (0.33) 2.03

Dividend

Metric CITR CNEY Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield — — 1.84%
Payout ratio — — 0.40

Size

Metric CITR CNEY Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 58.65m 3.89m 1.95b

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