Reviewing National Waste Management (OTCMKTS:NWMH) & ARQ (NASDAQ:ARQ)

National Waste Management (OTCMKTS:NWMH) and ARQ (NASDAQ:ARQ) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares National Waste Management and ARQ’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Waste Management	N/A	N/A	N/A
ARQ	-43.93%	-2.67%	-2.00%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

18.5% of ARQ shares are owned by institutional investors. 95.6% of National Waste Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.1% of ARQ shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for National Waste Management and ARQ, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Waste Management	0	0	0	0	0.00
ARQ	1	1	2	1	2.60

ARQ has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 164.08%. Given ARQ’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ARQ is more favorable than National Waste Management.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares National Waste Management and ARQ”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
National Waste Management	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ARQ	$120.34 million	1.01	-$52.61 million	($1.29)	-2.20

National Waste Management has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ARQ.

Summary

ARQ beats National Waste Management on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About National Waste Management

National Waste Management Holdings, Inc. operates as a waste management company in Upstate New York and Central Florida. The company offers construction and demolition landfill services; and commercial and residential dumpster services and roll-off boxes for construction and clean-up projects specializing in the removal of debris, garbage, waste, hauling construction, and demolition debris. It also provides trash collection services, roll-off services, and a full service transfer station; and wood grinding, demolition, mulch, and gravel services for the industrial and residential markets. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Hernando, Florida.

About ARQ

Arq, Inc. is a holding company. It engages in the provision of environmental and emission control equipment to the power generation industry. The company operates through the following Segments: Refined Coal and Advanced Purification Technologies. The Refined Coal segment includes the Tinuum Group, Tinuum Services, and GWN Manager. The Advanced Purification Technologies segment refers to the sale of Activated Carbon Injection and Dry Sorbent Injection equipment systems, chemical sales, consulting services, and other sales related to the reduction of emissions in the coal-fired electric generation process and the electric utility industry. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, CO.