Head to Head Analysis: 374Water (NASDAQ:SCWO) & National Waste Management (OTCMKTS:NWMH)

374Water (NASDAQ:SCWO) and National Waste Management (OTCMKTS:NWMH) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

12.2% of 374Water shares are held by institutional investors. 16.3% of 374Water shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 95.6% of National Waste Management shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares 374Water and National Waste Management”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
374Water	$440,000.00	118.82	-$12.43 million	($1.20)	-2.58
National Waste Management	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

National Waste Management has lower revenue, but higher earnings than 374Water.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for 374Water and National Waste Management, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
374Water	1	0	0	0	1.00
National Waste Management	0	0	0	0	0.00

Given National Waste Management’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe National Waste Management is more favorable than 374Water.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
374Water	-911.15%	-160.15%	-118.22%
National Waste Management	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

National Waste Management beats 374Water on 5 of the 8 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 National Waste Management

National Waste Management Holdings, Inc. operates as a waste management company in Upstate New York and Central Florida. The company offers construction and demolition landfill services; and commercial and residential dumpster services and roll-off boxes for construction and clean-up projects specializing in the removal of debris, garbage, waste, hauling construction, and demolition debris. It also provides trash collection services, roll-off services, and a full service transfer station; and wood grinding, demolition, mulch, and gravel services for the industrial and residential markets. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Hernando, Florida.