Critical Analysis: Enviri (NVRI) versus Its Rivals

Enviri (NYSE:NVRI) is one of 39 public companies in the “Waste Removal Svcs” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Enviri to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Enviri and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enviri	-5.39%	-3.43%	-0.61%
Enviri Competitors	-97.39%	-458.26%	-3.72%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Enviri and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enviri	0	1	0	0	2.00
Enviri Competitors	325	1125	1905	131	2.53

Enviri currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.23%. As a group, “Waste Removal Svcs” companies have a potential upside of 12.31%. Given Enviri’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Enviri has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Risk and Volatility

Enviri has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enviri’s peers have a beta of 0.63, suggesting that their average share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

93.4% of Enviri shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.0% of shares of all “Waste Removal Svcs” companies are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Enviri shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of shares of all “Waste Removal Svcs” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Enviri and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enviri	$2.34 billion	-$127.97 million	-5.84
Enviri Competitors	$3.35 billion	$263.08 million	28.77

Enviri’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Enviri. Enviri is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Enviri peers beat Enviri on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

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.