ARQ (NASDAQ:ARQ) versus Rino International (OTCMKTS:RINO) Financial Contrast

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares ARQ and Rino International”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ARQ	$108.96 million	1.36	-$5.11 million	($0.10)	-34.60
Rino International	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Rino International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ARQ.

Profitability

This table compares ARQ and Rino International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARQ	-3.33%	-1.11%	-0.86%
Rino International	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

18.5% of ARQ shares are held by institutional investors. 23.9% of ARQ shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of Rino International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

ARQ has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rino International has a beta of -6.24, meaning that its share price is 724% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for ARQ and Rino International, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ARQ	1	1	2	1	2.60
Rino International	0	0	0	0	0.00

ARQ presently has a consensus price target of $8.75, suggesting a potential upside of 152.89%. Given ARQ’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ARQ is more favorable than Rino International.

Summary

ARQ beats Rino International on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Rino International

RINO International Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as an environmental protection and remediation company in the People's Republic of China. The company engages in designing, manufacturing, installing, and servicing wastewater treatment and flue gas desulphurization equipment primarily for use in the iron and steel industry; and anti-oxidation products and equipment for use in the manufacture of hot rolled steel plate products. Its products include Lamella Inclined Tube Settler Waste Water Treatment System, which comprise industrial water treatment equipment, effluent-condensing equipment sets, solid and liquid abstraction dewatering equipment, and coal gas dust removal and cleaning equipment; and Circulating, Fluidized Bed, Flue Gas Desulphurization System that removes particulate sulphur from flue gas emissions generated by the sintering process in the production of iron and steel; and High Temperature Anti-Oxidation System for hot rolled steel, a set of products and a mechanized system, which reduces oxidation-related output losses in the production of continuous cast hot rolled steel. In addition, it offers contract machining services for third-party industrial enterprises. The company was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Dalian, the People's Republic of China.