374Water (NASDAQ:SCWO – Get Free Report) and Fuel Tech (NASDAQ:FTEK – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares 374Water and Fuel Tech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| 374Water | N/A | -401.97% | -170.75% |
| Fuel Tech | -12.75% | -8.88% | -7.62% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for 374Water and Fuel Tech, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| 374Water | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Fuel Tech | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
12.2% of 374Water shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.9% of Fuel Tech shares are held by institutional investors. 18.5% of 374Water shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Fuel Tech shares are held by 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 and Earnings
This table compares 374Water and Fuel Tech”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| 374Water | $220,000.00 | 200.16 | -$20.98 million | ($0.71) | -3.50 |
| Fuel Tech | $26.68 million | 1.66 | -$2.32 million | ($0.11) | -12.92 |
Fuel Tech has higher revenue and earnings than 374Water. Fuel Tech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 374Water, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
374Water has a beta of -0.24, meaning that its share price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fuel Tech has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Fuel Tech beats 374Water on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Fuel Tech
Fuel Tech, Inc. provides boiler optimization, efficiency improvement, and air pollution reduction and control solutions to utility and industrial customers worldwide. The company operates through Air Pollution Control Technology and FUEL CHEM Technology segments. The Air Pollution Control Technology segment offers technologies to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions in flue gas from boilers, incinerators, furnaces, and other stationary combustion sources; NOxOUT and HERT selective non-catalytic reduction systems; selective catalytic reduction systems comprising ammonia injection grid, and graduated straightening grid systems; I-NOx systems; ESP Processes and Services; ULTRA technology; and flue gas conditioning systems. The FUEL CHEM Technology segment provides programs to improve the efficiency, reliability, fuel flexibility, boiler heat rate, and environmental status of combustion units by controlling slagging, fouling, corrosion, opacity, and acid plume, as well as the formation of sulfur trioxide, ammonium bisulfate, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide through the addition of chemicals into the furnace using TIFI targeted in-furnace injection technology. This segment offers its FUEL CHEM program for plants operating in the electric utility, industrial, pulp and paper, waste-to-energy, and university and district heating markets; and the owners of boilers, furnaces, and other combustion units. Fuel Tech, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Warrenville, Illinois.
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