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

374Water Inc. and Zone Frontier Inc. are both Pollution & Treatment Controls companies. 374Water Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $54.8M against $30.5M — 1.8× the size. Zone Frontier Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 80.7% against 53.5%. 374Water Inc. has the higher net margin (−1,056.2% vs −4,664.5%) and the lower return on invested capital (−297.2% vs −74.8%). Across the 17 metrics below, Zone Frontier Inc. leads on 10 and 374Water Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric SCWO ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 28.04 8.23 3.64
P/B 17.75 0.47 2.08
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 17.68
EV/Sales 28.90 4.37 4.26
Earnings yield (40.81%) (1,230.77%) (18.01%)
Free cash flow yield (21.42%) (53.32%) (5.86%)

Profitability

Metric SCWO ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 6.25% 37.31% 34.73%
Operating margin (1,002.21%) (1,519.70%) (29.01%)
Net margin (1,056.18%) (4,664.52%) (31.94%)
Free cash flow margin (595.30%) (439.09%) (12.20%)
Return on equity (335.45%) (513.26%) (38.24%)
Return on assets (157.47%) (431.22%) (26.06%)
Return on invested capital (297.16%) (74.83%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric SCWO ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 53.49% 80.71% 9.79%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (53.33%) (61.22%) —
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 2.94 1.90
Net debt to EBITDA 0.12 (0.41) 0.30

Dividend

Metric SCWO ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Dividend yield — — —
Payout ratio — — 0.00

Size

Metric SCWO ZONE Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 54.75m 30.54m 48.08m

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