Fuel Tech, Inc. (FTEK) vs Zone Frontier Inc. (ZONE)

Fuel Tech, Inc. and Zone Frontier Inc. are both Pollution & Treatment Controls companies. Fuel Tech, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $53.5M against $30.5M — 1.8× the size. Zone Frontier Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 80.7% against 8.89%. Fuel Tech, Inc. has the higher net margin (−12.8% vs −4,664.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (−16.1% vs −74.8%). Across the 16 metrics below, Fuel Tech, Inc. leads on 13 and Zone Frontier Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric FTEK ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 1.96 8.23 3.64
P/B 1.44 0.47 2.08
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 17.68
EV/Sales 1.27 4.37 4.26
Earnings yield (6.40%) (1,230.77%) (18.01%)
Free cash flow yield (2.21%) (53.32%) (5.86%)

Profitability

Metric FTEK ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 44.74% 37.31% 34.73%
Operating margin (16.78%) (1,519.70%) (29.01%)
Net margin (12.75%) (4,664.52%) (31.94%)
Free cash flow margin (4.34%) (439.09%) (12.20%)
Return on equity (8.92%) (513.26%) (38.24%)
Return on assets (7.72%) (431.22%) (26.06%)
Return on invested capital (16.13%) (74.83%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric FTEK ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.89% 80.71% 9.79%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (33.33%) (61.22%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.42% — 8.56%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric FTEK ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.03
Current ratio 5.10 2.94 1.90
Net debt to EBITDA 8.34 (0.41) 0.30

Dividend

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

Size

Metric FTEK ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 53.54m 30.54m 48.08m

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