Casella Waste Systems (NASDAQ:CWST – Get Free Report) and 374Water (NASDAQ:SCWO – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and earnings.
Profitability
This table compares Casella Waste Systems and 374Water’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Casella Waste Systems | 0.64% | 4.97% | 2.40% |
| 374Water | -1,278.90% | -138.71% | -109.45% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Casella Waste Systems and 374Water, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Casella Waste Systems | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2.55 |
| 374Water | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Volatility and Risk
Casella Waste Systems has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 374Water has a beta of -0.4, indicating that its share price is 140% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
99.5% of Casella Waste Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.2% of 374Water shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Casella Waste Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of 374Water shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Casella Waste Systems and 374Water”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Casella Waste Systems | $1.56 billion | 3.67 | $13.54 million | $0.18 | 499.94 |
| 374Water | $440,000.00 | 126.59 | -$12.43 million | ($0.11) | -3.35 |
Casella Waste Systems has higher revenue and earnings than 374Water. 374Water is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Casella Waste Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Casella Waste Systems beats 374Water on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Casella Waste Systems
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a vertically integrated solid waste services company in the United States. It offers resource management services primarily in the areas of solid waste collection and disposal, transfer, recycling, and organics services to residential, commercial, municipal, institutional, and industrial customers. The company provides non-hazardous solid waste services, including collections, transfer stations, recycling, and disposal operations. In addition, it markets materials, including fibers, corrugated cardboard, newsprint, plastics, glass, ferrous, and aluminum metals. Casella Waste Systems, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Rutland, Vermont.
About 374Water
374Water Inc. provides a technology that transforms wet wastes into recoverable resources in the United States. The company transforms wet wastes, including sewage sludge, biosolids, food waste, hazardous and non-hazardous waste, and forever chemicals. It offers AirSCWO systems, a waste stream treatment system based on supercritical water oxidation that are used to treat various hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams. It serves Industrial, agricultural, defense, oil and gas, waste management, sanitation project, environmental remediation and compliance, and municipal markets. 374Water Inc. is based in Durham, North Carolina.
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