Analyzing GlyEco (OTCMKTS:GLYE) and Enviri (NYSE:NVRI)

Enviri (NYSE:NVRI) and GlyEco (OTCMKTS:GLYE) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Enviri and GlyEco’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enviri	-7.62%	-13.47%	-1.92%
GlyEco	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Enviri and GlyEco”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enviri	$2.24 billion	0.65	-$167.60 million	($2.12)	-8.46
GlyEco	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

GlyEco has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Enviri.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Enviri and GlyEco, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enviri	1	2	1	0	2.00
GlyEco	0	0	0	0	0.00

Enviri presently has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 39.35%. Given Enviri’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Enviri is more favorable than GlyEco.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

93.4% of Enviri shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Enviri shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of GlyEco shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

Enviri beats GlyEco on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Enviri

Enviri Corporation provides environmental solutions for industrial and specialty waste streams in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments: Harsco Environmental and Clean Earth. The Harsco Environmental segment offers on-site services under long-term contracts for material logistics, product quality improvement, and resource recovery for iron, steel, and metals manufacturing; manufactures and sells industrial abrasives, roofing granules, aluminum dross, and scrap processing systems; and meltshop and furnace services, such as under-vessel cleaning, removal of ladle slag, and general melt shop debris. This segment also produces and sells value-added downstream products from industrial waste-stream, including road surfacing and materials, such as slag-based asphalt product under the SteelPhal brand; abrasives and roofing materials under the BLACK BEAUTY and SURE/CUT brand names; Metallurgical Additives; agriculture and turf products comprising soil conditioners and fertilizers under the CrossOver and AgrowSil brands; and cement additives. The Clean Earth segment provides specialty waste processing, treatment, recycling, and beneficial reuse solutions for waste needs, such as hazardous, non-hazardous, and contaminated soils and dredged materials to industrial, retail, healthcare, and construction industries. The company was formerly known as Harsco Corporation and changed its name to Enviri Corporation in June 2023. The company was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

About GlyEco

GlyEco, Inc. engages in the development and manufacture of coolants, additives and related performance fluids. Its products and services include additives, ethylene glycol and antifreeze. The company was founded by Janet Carnell Lorenz, John Darc Lorenz, II and Todd L. Smith on April 21, 1997 and is headquartered in Rock Hill, SC.