374Water Inc. (SCWO) vs Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor (ZWS)

374Water Inc. and Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor are both Pollution & Treatment Controls companies. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor is the larger, with a market value of $7.2B against $42.8M — 169.0× the size. 374Water Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor trades at 25.0×. 374Water Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 53.5% against 10.1%. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor has the higher net margin (15.9% vs −1,056.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (13.4% vs −297.2%). Across the 19 metrics below, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor leads on 16 and 374Water Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric SCWO ZWS Pollution & Treatment Controls median
P/E n/m 25.02 —
P/S 22.64 3.96 2.57
P/B 14.33 4.27 3.65
Price to free cash flow n/m 18.69 —
EV/EBITDA n/m 15.19 18.43
EV/Sales 23.50 4.07 2.88
Earnings yield (50.56%) 4.00% (13.60%)
Free cash flow yield (26.53%) 5.35% (11.65%)

Profitability

Metric SCWO ZWS Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Gross margin 6.25% 50.41% 32.15%
Operating margin (1,002.21%) 22.07% (17.50%)
Net margin (1,056.18%) 15.91% (17.98%)
Free cash flow margin (595.30%) 21.19% (10.60%)
Return on equity (335.45%) 17.69% (36.93%)
Return on assets (157.47%) 10.58% (24.86%)
Return on invested capital (297.16%) 13.35% (0.06%)

Growth

Metric SCWO ZWS Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Revenue growth (TTM) 53.49% 10.06% 8.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (53.33%) 25.00% 11.29%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 19.95% 13.24% 12.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 10.37% 0.00%

Health

Metric SCWO ZWS Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Debt to equity 0.93 0.30 0.13
Current ratio 1.67 2.85 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 0.12 0.53 0.50

Dividend

Metric SCWO ZWS Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Dividend yield — 1.01% —
Payout ratio — 0.26 —

Size

Metric SCWO ZWS Pollution & Treatment Controls median
Market cap 42.83m 7.24b 73.82m

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