374Water Inc. (SCWO) vs Zone Frontier Inc. (ZONE)

374Water 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 $43.9M — 1.4× the size. Zone Frontier Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 64.3% against 53.5%. 374Water Inc. has the higher net margin (−1,056.2% vs −5,112.6%) and the lower return on invested capital (−297.2% vs −100.4%). Across the 17 metrics below, Zone Frontier Inc. leads on 9 and 374Water Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric SCWO ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 22.64 4.41 2.78
P/B 14.33 0.29 1.98
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 18.09
EV/Sales 23.50 1.02 2.17
Earnings yield (50.56%) (1,117.33%) (22.91%)
Free cash flow yield (26.53%) (987.00%) (7.86%)

Profitability

Metric SCWO ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 6.25% 37.81% 34.98%
Operating margin (1,002.21%) (1,702.00%) (29.01%)
Net margin (1,056.18%) (5,112.61%) (31.94%)
Free cash flow margin (595.30%) (4,357.33%) (12.20%)
Return on equity (335.45%) (657.47%) (38.24%)
Return on assets (157.47%) (571.26%) (26.06%)
Return on invested capital (297.16%) (100.44%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric SCWO ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 53.49% 64.33% 9.79%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (53.33%) (31.94%) 13.10%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 19.95% — 8.56%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric SCWO ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Debt to equity 0.93 0.00 0.03
Current ratio 1.67 21.24 1.90
Net debt to EBITDA 0.12 0.29 0.38

Dividend

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

Size

Metric SCWO ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 43.88m 60.56m 44.11m

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