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 ($42.8M and $41.5M). 374Water Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 53.5% against 15.3%. Fuel Tech, Inc. has the higher net margin (−14.2% vs −1,056.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (−16.5% 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 1.46 22.73 2.50
P/B 1.12 14.39 3.39
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 18.45
EV/Sales 0.92 23.59 2.74
Earnings yield (9.67%) (50.35%) (14.48%)
Free cash flow yield (14.27%) (26.42%) (11.96%)

Profitability

Metric FTEK SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 43.73% 6.25% 32.15%
Operating margin (17.93%) (1,002.21%) (17.50%)
Net margin (14.22%) (1,056.18%) (17.98%)
Free cash flow margin (20.80%) (595.30%) (10.60%)
Return on equity (10.37%) (335.45%) (36.99%)
Return on assets (8.91%) (157.47%) (24.89%)
Return on invested capital (16.53%) (297.16%) (0.06%)

Growth

Metric FTEK SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 15.28% 53.49% 8.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (33.33%) (53.33%) 11.29%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.42% 19.95% 12.30%
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 0.07
Current ratio 5.02 1.67 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 8.34 0.12 0.50

Dividend

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

Size

Metric FTEK SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 41.52m 42.83m 62.87m

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