Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (PESI) vs Quest Resource Holding Corporation. (QRHC)

Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. and Quest Resource Holding Corporation. are both Waste Management companies. Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $330.4M against $28.9M — 11.4× the size. Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −4.73% against −8.37%. Quest Resource Holding Corporation. has the higher net margin (−7.07% vs −37.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (−5.95% vs −29.0%). Across the 18 metrics below, Quest Resource Holding Corporation. leads on 11 and Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric PESI QRHC Waste Management median
P/E n/m n/m 33.79
P/S 5.43 0.12 2.85
P/B 5.32 1.08 2.54
Price to free cash flow n/m 2.63 24.52
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 15.16
EV/Sales 5.13 0.36 4.12
Earnings yield (7.22%) (60.29%) 0.06%
Free cash flow yield (7.12%) 38.08% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric PESI QRHC Waste Management median
Gross margin (2.82%) 16.40% 31.60%
Operating margin (33.39%) (3.27%) 0.50%
Net margin (37.04%) (7.07%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (38.64%) 4.45% 0.00%
Return on equity (36.79%) (50.31%) 0.00%
Return on assets (22.06%) (12.21%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (28.99%) (5.95%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric PESI QRHC Waste Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) (4.73%) (8.37%) 5.74%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 43.61% 0.00% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (10.17%) 20.46% 12.80%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric PESI QRHC Waste Management median
Debt to equity 0.06 2.22 0.88
Current ratio 1.67 1.18 1.32
Net debt to EBITDA 0.94 93.17 2.03

Dividend

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

Size

Metric PESI QRHC Waste Management median
Market cap 330.37m 28.90m 103.93m

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