PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (PCT) vs 374Water Inc. (SCWO)

PureCycle Technologies, Inc. and 374Water Inc. are both Pollution & Treatment Controls companies. PureCycle Technologies, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $641.9M against $43.9M — 14.6× the size. 374Water Inc. has the higher net margin (−1,056.2% vs −1,775.6%) and the lower return on invested capital (−297.2% vs −19.3%). Across the 16 metrics below, 374Water Inc. leads on 10 and PureCycle Technologies, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric PCT SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 41.09 22.64 2.78
P/B 36.49 14.33 1.98
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 18.09
EV/Sales 59.80 23.50 2.17
Earnings yield (43.65%) (50.56%) (22.91%)
Free cash flow yield (37.53%) (26.53%) (7.86%)

Profitability

Metric PCT SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin (782.77%) 6.25% 34.98%
Operating margin (1,316.81%) (1,002.21%) (29.01%)
Net margin (1,775.62%) (1,056.18%) (31.94%)
Free cash flow margin (1,542.05%) (595.30%) (12.20%)
Return on equity (427.37%) (335.45%) (38.24%)
Return on assets (23.90%) (157.47%) (26.06%)
Return on invested capital (19.25%) (297.16%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric PCT SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 53.49% 9.79%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 30.86% (53.33%) 13.10%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 19.95% 8.56%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric PCT SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Debt to equity 1.47 0.93 0.03
Current ratio 2.60 1.67 1.90
Net debt to EBITDA (1.70) 0.12 0.38

Dividend

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

Size

Metric PCT SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 641.89m 43.88m 44.11m

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