Comparing LiqTech International (LIQT) & Its Peers

LiqTech International (NASDAQ:LIQT) is one of 437 publicly-traded companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare LiqTech International to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for LiqTech International and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LiqTech International	2	0	1	0	1.67
LiqTech International Competitors	4047	14421	17804	761	2.41

LiqTech International presently has a consensus target price of $4.40, suggesting a potential upside of 566.67%. As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 24.17%. Given LiqTech International’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe LiqTech International is more favorable than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

35.1% of LiqTech International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of LiqTech International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares LiqTech International and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
LiqTech International	$16.03 million	-$8.60 million	-0.72
LiqTech International Competitors	$4.45 billion	$345.61 million	-1.24

LiqTech International’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than LiqTech International. LiqTech International is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Volatility & Risk

LiqTech International has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LiqTech International’s competitors have a beta of 4.48, indicating that their average stock price is 348% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares LiqTech International and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LiqTech International	-55.45%	-79.64%	-31.11%
LiqTech International Competitors	-1,938.52%	-13.29%	0.73%

Summary

LiqTech International competitors beat LiqTech International on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

LiqTech International Company Profile

LiqTech International, Inc., a clean technology company, designs, develops, produces, markets, and sells automated filtering systems, ceramic silicon carbide liquid applications, and diesel particulate air filters in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and South America. The company operates through Water, Ceramics, and Plastics segments. It also manufactures and sells silicon carbide ceramic filtration technologies for liquid and gas purification; and diesel particulate filters for exhaust emission control solutions to the verified retrofit and the original equipment manufacturer market. In addition, the company develops, manufactures, and sells liquid filtration systems, which are used for the marine scrubber systems, filtration of produced water, industrial applications, pool and spa water, food and beverage application, and silicon carbide membrane technology. Further, it provides flexible and plastics manufacturing products for machining, welding, bending, and solvent cementing. LiqTech International, Inc. sells its products primarily to industrial customers through direct sales, systems integrators, distributors, agents, and partners. The company was formerly known as Blue Moose Media, Inc. and changed its name to LiqTech International, Inc. in October 2011. LiqTech International, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Ballerup, Denmark.