Fuel Tech, Inc. (FTEK) vs PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (PCT)

Fuel Tech, Inc. and PureCycle Technologies, Inc. are both Pollution & Treatment Controls companies. PureCycle Technologies, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $377.7M against $41.5M — 9.1× the size. Fuel Tech, Inc. has the higher net margin (−14.2% vs −1,528.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (−16.5% vs −18.6%). Across the 16 metrics below, Fuel Tech, Inc. leads on 14 and PureCycle Technologies, Inc. on 2.

Valuation

Metric FTEK PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 1.48 24.52 2.57
P/B 1.13 18.14 3.65
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 18.43
EV/Sales 0.94 43.90 2.88
Earnings yield (9.53%) (66.81%) (13.60%)
Free cash flow yield (14.06%) (62.30%) (11.65%)

Profitability

Metric FTEK PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 43.73% (813.86%) 32.15%
Operating margin (17.93%) (1,313.83%) (17.50%)
Net margin (14.22%) (1,528.60%) (17.98%)
Free cash flow margin (20.80%) (1,527.69%) (10.60%)
Return on equity (10.37%) (482.42%) (36.93%)
Return on assets (8.91%) (21.50%) (24.86%)
Return on invested capital (16.53%) (18.58%) (0.06%)

Growth

Metric FTEK PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 15.28% — 8.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (33.33%) 30.86% 11.29%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.42% — 12.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric FTEK PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Debt to equity 0.00 1.32 0.13
Current ratio 5.02 1.60 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 8.34 (1.70) 0.50

Dividend

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

Size

Metric FTEK PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 41.52m 377.70m 73.82m

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