Financial Comparison: 374Water (NASDAQ:SCWO) vs. Brink’s (NYSE:BCO)

Brink’s (NYSE:BCO) and 374Water (NASDAQ:SCWO) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

95.0% of Brink’s shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.2% of 374Water shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Brink’s shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.5% of 374Water shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Brink’s has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 374Water has a beta of -0.32, indicating that its share price is 132% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Brink’s and 374Water, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brink’s	0	2	2	0	2.50
374Water	1	0	0	0	1.00

Brink’s presently has a consensus target price of $154.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.17%. Given Brink’s’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Brink’s is more favorable than 374Water.

Profitability

This table compares Brink’s and 374Water’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brink’s	3.30%	87.18%	4.95%
374Water	N/A	-401.97%	-170.75%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Brink’s and 374Water”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brink’s	$5.26 billion	0.84	$199.70 million	$4.32	24.90
374Water	$220,000.00	254.52	-$20.98 million	($0.71)	-4.45

Brink’s has higher revenue and earnings than 374Water. 374Water is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brink’s, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Brink’s beats 374Water on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Brink’s

The Brink’s Co. engages in providing cash management services, digital retail solutions, and ATM managed services. It operates through the following geographical segments: North America, Latin America, Europe, and Rest of World. The North America segment operates in the U.S. and Canada. The Latin America segment refers to the operations in Latin American countries. The Europe segment relates to operations in European countries. The Rest of World segment focuses on the operations in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The company was founded by Perry Brink and Fidelia Brink on May 5, 1859 and is headquartered in Richmond, VA.

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.