Head to Head Analysis: 374Water (NASDAQ:SCWO) and ESGL (NASDAQ:ESGL)

Insider and Institutional Ownership

12.2% of 374Water shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.3% of 374Water shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of ESGL shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares 374Water and ESGL”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
374Water	$440,000.00	87.73	-$12.43 million	($0.11)	-2.32
ESGL	$6.10 million	3.42	-$630,000.00	N/A	N/A

ESGL has higher revenue and earnings than 374Water.

Volatility and Risk

374Water has a beta of -0.29, indicating that its share price is 129% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESGL has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
374Water	-1,278.90%	-138.71%	-109.45%
ESGL	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

ESGL beats 374Water on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About ESGL

ESGL Holdings Limited provides waste solutions. It regenerates industrial waste into circular products using technologies and renewable energy. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Singapore.