Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. (LICYQ) vs Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (PESI)

Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. and Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. are both Waste Management companies. Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $330.4M against $29.9M — 11.1× the size. Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 53.0% against −4.73%. Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. has the higher net margin (−37.0% vs −491.8%) and the lower return on invested capital (−29.0% vs −13.2%). Across the 16 metrics below, Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. leads on 9 and Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. on 7.

Valuation

Metric LICYQ PESI Waste Management median
P/E n/m n/m 33.79
P/S n/m 5.43 2.85
P/B n/m 5.32 2.54
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 24.52
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 15.16
EV/Sales 12.03 5.13 4.12
Earnings yield 0.00% (7.22%) 0.06%
Free cash flow yield 0.00% (7.12%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric LICYQ PESI Waste Management median
Gross margin (173.57%) (2.82%) 31.60%
Operating margin (448.21%) (33.39%) 0.50%
Net margin (491.79%) (37.04%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (465.36%) (38.64%) 0.00%
Return on equity (43.06%) (36.79%) 0.00%
Return on assets (15.76%) (22.06%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (13.20%) (28.99%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric LICYQ PESI Waste Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) 53.01% (4.73%) 5.74%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 6.09% 43.61% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 30.85% (10.17%) 12.80%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LICYQ PESI Waste Management median
Debt to equity 1.38 0.06 0.88
Current ratio 0.58 1.67 1.32
Net debt to EBITDA (3.10) 0.94 2.03

Dividend

Metric LICYQ PESI Waste Management median
Dividend yield — — 1.17%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric LICYQ PESI Waste Management median
Market cap 29.88m 330.37m 103.93m

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