Fuel Tech (NASDAQ:FTEK – Get Free Report) and Sancon Resources Recovery (OTCMKTS:IGSC – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Fuel Tech and Sancon Resources Recovery, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Fuel Tech | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Sancon Resources Recovery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Fuel Tech presently has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 133.92%. Given Fuel Tech’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Fuel Tech is more favorable than Sancon Resources Recovery.
Risk & Volatility
Institutional & Insider Ownership
20.9% of Fuel Tech shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.0% of Fuel Tech shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Fuel Tech and Sancon Resources Recovery’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Fuel Tech | -12.17% | -7.29% | -6.32% |
| Sancon Resources Recovery | 13.08% | 8.90% | 5.81% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Fuel Tech and Sancon Resources Recovery”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Fuel Tech | $25.13 million | 2.11 | -$1.94 million | ($0.09) | -19.00 |
| Sancon Resources Recovery | $1.74 million | 4.54 | $200,000.00 | N/A | N/A |
Sancon Resources Recovery has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fuel Tech.
Summary
Fuel Tech beats Sancon Resources Recovery on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Fuel Tech
Fuel Tech, Inc. provides boiler optimization, efficiency improvement, and air pollution reduction and control solutions to utility and industrial customers worldwide. The company operates through Air Pollution Control Technology and FUEL CHEM Technology segments. The Air Pollution Control Technology segment offers technologies to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions in flue gas from boilers, incinerators, furnaces, and other stationary combustion sources; NOxOUT and HERT selective non-catalytic reduction systems; selective catalytic reduction systems comprising ammonia injection grid, and graduated straightening grid systems; I-NOx systems; ESP Processes and Services; ULTRA technology; and flue gas conditioning systems. The FUEL CHEM Technology segment provides programs to improve the efficiency, reliability, fuel flexibility, boiler heat rate, and environmental status of combustion units by controlling slagging, fouling, corrosion, opacity, and acid plume, as well as the formation of sulfur trioxide, ammonium bisulfate, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide through the addition of chemicals into the furnace using TIFI targeted in-furnace injection technology. This segment offers its FUEL CHEM program for plants operating in the electric utility, industrial, pulp and paper, waste-to-energy, and university and district heating markets; and the owners of boilers, furnaces, and other combustion units. Fuel Tech, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Warrenville, Illinois.
About Sancon Resources Recovery
IGS Capital Group Limited, through its subsidiary, IGS Mart SDN BHD, operates a convenient store in Malaysia. It operates its store under the Like Mart name. The company was formerly known as Sancon Resources Recovery, Inc. and changed its name to IGS Capital Group Limited in June 2017. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. IGS Capital Group Limited is a subsidiary of Pontoon Boat Inc.
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