Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor (NYSE:ZWS – Get Free Report) and 374Water (NASDAQ:SCWO – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations for Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor and 374Water, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2.44 |
| 374Water | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor currently has a consensus target price of $45.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.49%. Given Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor is more favorable than 374Water.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor | $1.57 billion | 4.93 | $160.20 million | $1.12 | 41.24 |
| 374Water | $440,000.00 | 123.05 | -$12.43 million | ($1.20) | -2.67 |
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor has higher revenue and earnings than 374Water. 374Water is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
83.3% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.2% of 374Water shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of 374Water shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility & Risk
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 374Water has a beta of -0.07, suggesting that its share price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor and 374Water’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor | 11.59% | 16.26% | 9.66% |
| 374Water | -911.15% | -160.15% | -118.22% |
Summary
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor beats 374Water on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation engages in design, procurement, manufacture, and marketing of water management solutions in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It offers water safety and control products, such as backflow preventers, fire system valves, pressure reducing valves, thermostatic mixing valves, PEX pipings, fittings, and installation tools under the Zurn and Wilkins brand names. The company also provides flow systems products comprising point drains, hydrants, fixture carrier systems, chemical drainage systems; and interceptors and separators, acid neutralization systems, and remote monitoring systems under the Zurn and Green Turtle brands. In addition, it develops, manufactures, and markets remote tank monitoring devices, alarms, software, and services. Further, the company offers sensor-operated flush valves under the AquaSense, Aquaflush, and AquaVantage brands; heavy-duty commercial faucets under the AquaSpec brand; water conserving fixtures under the EcoVantage and Zurn One brands; stainless steel products under the Just Manufacturing brand name, which include stainless steel sinks and plumbing fixtures, and various types of sinks, as well as drinking water dispensing and filtration products under the Elkay and Halsey Taylor brands. It distributes to institutional, commercial, waterworks, and residential end markets through independent sales representatives, plumbing wholesalers, and industry-specific distributors in the waterworks, foodservice, industrial, janitorial, sanitation, and sitework industries. The company was formerly known as Zurn Water Solutions Corporation and changed its name to Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation in July 2022. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation was incorporated in 1892 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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.
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