PureCycle Technologies (NASDAQ:PCT – Get Free Report) and Enviri (NYSE:NVRI – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
63.0% of PureCycle Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Enviri shares are held by institutional investors. 18.8% of PureCycle Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Enviri shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares PureCycle Technologies and Enviri”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| PureCycle Technologies | $8.35 million | 245.19 | -$182.57 million | ($1.47) | -7.70 |
| Enviri | $2.24 billion | 0.72 | -$167.60 million | ($2.08) | -9.42 |
Enviri has higher revenue and earnings than PureCycle Technologies. Enviri is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PureCycle Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for PureCycle Technologies and Enviri, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| PureCycle Technologies | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.50 |
| Enviri | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
PureCycle Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.01%. Enviri has a consensus price target of $22.25, indicating a potential upside of 13.55%. Given Enviri’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Enviri is more favorable than PureCycle Technologies.
Volatility & Risk
PureCycle Technologies has a beta of 2.31, suggesting that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enviri has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares PureCycle Technologies and Enviri’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| PureCycle Technologies | -2,062.36% | -393.01% | -22.56% |
| Enviri | -7.50% | -8.59% | -1.09% |
About PureCycle Technologies
PureCycle Technologies, Inc. engages in the production of recycled polypropylene (PP). The company holds a license for restoring waste PP into ultra-pure recycled polypropylene resin that has multiple applications, including packaging and labeling for consumer products, piping, ropes, cabling, and plastic parts for various industries. Its recycling process separates color, odor, and other contaminants from plastic waste feedstock to transform it into virgin-like resin. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.
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.
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