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 $641.9M against $44.3M — 14.5× 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 1.60 41.09 2.78
P/B 1.17 36.49 1.98
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 18.09
EV/Sales 0.97 59.80 2.17
Earnings yield (7.86%) (43.65%) (22.91%)
Free cash flow yield (2.71%) (37.53%) (7.86%)

Profitability

Metric FTEK PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 44.74% (782.77%) 34.98%
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% 13.10%
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) 0.38

Dividend

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

Size

Metric FTEK PCT Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 44.33m 641.89m 44.11m

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