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

Fuel Tech, Inc. and Zone Frontier Inc. are both Pollution & Treatment Controls companies. Zone Frontier Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $60.6M against $44.3M — 1.4× the size. Zone Frontier Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 64.3% against 8.89%. Fuel Tech, Inc. has the higher net margin (−12.8% vs −5,112.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (−16.1% vs −100.4%). Across the 16 metrics below, Fuel Tech, Inc. leads on 11 and Zone Frontier Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric FTEK ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 1.60 4.41 2.78
P/B 1.17 0.29 1.98
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 18.09
EV/Sales 0.97 1.02 2.17
Earnings yield (7.86%) (1,117.33%) (22.91%)
Free cash flow yield (2.71%) (987.00%) (7.86%)

Profitability

Metric FTEK ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 44.74% 37.81% 34.98%
Operating margin (16.78%) (1,702.00%) (29.01%)
Net margin (12.75%) (5,112.61%) (31.94%)
Free cash flow margin (4.34%) (4,357.33%) (12.20%)
Return on equity (8.92%) (657.47%) (38.24%)
Return on assets (7.72%) (571.26%) (26.06%)
Return on invested capital (16.13%) (100.44%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric FTEK ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.89% 64.33% 9.79%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (33.33%) (31.94%) 13.10%
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 21.24 1.90
Net debt to EBITDA 8.34 0.29 0.38

Dividend

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

Size

Metric FTEK ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 44.33m 60.56m 44.11m

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