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 $377.7M against $42.8M — 8.8× the size. 374Water Inc. has the higher net margin (−1,056.2% vs −1,528.6%) and the lower return on invested capital (−297.2% vs −18.6%). Across the 16 metrics below, 374Water Inc. leads on 12 and PureCycle Technologies, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric PCT SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 24.52 22.64 2.57
P/B 18.14 14.33 3.65
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 18.43
EV/Sales 43.90 23.50 2.88
Earnings yield (66.81%) (50.56%) (13.60%)
Free cash flow yield (62.30%) (26.53%) (11.65%)

Profitability

Metric PCT SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin (813.86%) 6.25% 32.15%
Operating margin (1,313.83%) (1,002.21%) (17.50%)
Net margin (1,528.60%) (1,056.18%) (17.98%)
Free cash flow margin (1,527.69%) (595.30%) (10.60%)
Return on equity (482.42%) (335.45%) (36.93%)
Return on assets (21.50%) (157.47%) (24.86%)
Return on invested capital (18.58%) (297.16%) (0.06%)

Growth

Metric PCT SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 53.49% 8.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 30.86% (53.33%) 11.29%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 19.95% 12.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric PCT SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Debt to equity 1.32 0.93 0.13
Current ratio 1.60 1.67 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA (1.70) 0.12 0.50

Dividend

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

Size

Metric PCT SCWO Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 377.70m 42.83m 73.82m

Compare with another peer

Any metric, up to five companies and an Excel export Powerpack