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 $998.5M against $53.5M — 18.6× the size. Fuel Tech, Inc. has the higher net margin (−12.8% vs −1,775.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (−16.1% vs −19.3%). 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 1.96 67.20 3.64
P/B 1.44 59.66 2.08
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 17.68
EV/Sales 1.27 85.91 4.26
Earnings yield (6.40%) (26.69%) (18.01%)
Free cash flow yield (2.21%) (22.95%) (5.86%)

Profitability

Metric FTEK PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 44.74% (782.77%) 34.73%
Operating margin (16.78%) (1,316.81%) (29.01%)
Net margin (12.75%) (1,775.62%) (31.94%)
Free cash flow margin (4.34%) (1,542.05%) (12.20%)
Return on equity (8.92%) (427.37%) (38.24%)
Return on assets (7.72%) (23.90%) (26.06%)
Return on invested capital (16.13%) (19.25%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric FTEK PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.89% — 9.79%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (33.33%) 30.86% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.42% — 8.56%
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 1.47 0.03
Current ratio 5.10 2.60 1.90
Net debt to EBITDA 8.34 (1.70) 0.30

Dividend

Metric FTEK PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Dividend yield — — —
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric FTEK PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 53.54m 998.50m 48.08m

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