Fuel Tech, Inc. (FTEK) vs 374Water Inc. (SCWO)

Fuel Tech, Inc. and 374Water Inc. are both Pollution & Treatment Controls companies. Fuel Tech, Inc. and 374Water Inc. are of similar size ($44.3M and $43.9M). 374Water Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 53.5% against 8.89%. Fuel Tech, Inc. has the higher net margin (−12.8% vs −1,056.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (−16.1% vs −297.2%). Across the 18 metrics below, Fuel Tech, Inc. leads on 15 and 374Water Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric FTEK SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 1.60 22.64 2.78
P/B 1.17 14.33 1.98
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 18.09
EV/Sales 0.97 23.50 2.17
Earnings yield (7.86%) (50.56%) (22.91%)
Free cash flow yield (2.71%) (26.53%) (7.86%)

Profitability

Metric FTEK SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 44.74% 6.25% 34.98%
Operating margin (16.78%) (1,002.21%) (29.01%)
Net margin (12.75%) (1,056.18%) (31.94%)
Free cash flow margin (4.34%) (595.30%) (12.20%)
Return on equity (8.92%) (335.45%) (38.24%)
Return on assets (7.72%) (157.47%) (26.06%)
Return on invested capital (16.13%) (297.16%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric FTEK SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.89% 53.49% 9.79%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (33.33%) (53.33%) 13.10%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.42% 19.95% 8.56%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric FTEK SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.93 0.03
Current ratio 5.10 1.67 1.90
Net debt to EBITDA 8.34 0.12 0.38

Dividend

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

Size

Metric FTEK SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 44.33m 43.88m 44.11m

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