Reviewing LiqTech International (NASDAQ:LIQT) and Sancon Resources Recovery (OTCMKTS:IGSC)

LiqTech International (NASDAQ:LIQT) and Sancon Resources Recovery (OTCMKTS:IGSC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for LiqTech International and Sancon Resources Recovery, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LiqTech International	1	0	1	0	2.00
Sancon Resources Recovery	0	0	0	0	0.00

LiqTech International presently has a consensus target price of $4.20, indicating a potential upside of 159.26%. Given LiqTech International’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe LiqTech International is more favorable than Sancon Resources Recovery.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

35.1% of LiqTech International shares are held by institutional investors. 12.8% of LiqTech International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares LiqTech International and Sancon Resources Recovery’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LiqTech International	-53.25%	-61.21%	-28.15%
Sancon Resources Recovery	13.08%	8.90%	5.81%

Risk and Volatility

LiqTech International has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sancon Resources Recovery has a beta of -0.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares LiqTech International and Sancon Resources Recovery”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LiqTech International	$14.60 million	1.07	-$10.35 million	($1.01)	-1.60
Sancon Resources Recovery	$1.74 million	1.98	$200,000.00	N/A	N/A

Sancon Resources Recovery has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LiqTech International.

Summary

LiqTech International beats Sancon Resources Recovery on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About LiqTech International

LiqTech International, Inc., a clean technology company, designs, develops, produces, markets, and sells automated filtering systems, ceramic silicon carbide liquid applications, and diesel particulate air filters in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and South America. The company operates through Water, Ceramics, and Plastics segments. It also manufactures and sells silicon carbide ceramic filtration technologies for liquid and gas purification; and diesel particulate filters for exhaust emission control solutions to the verified retrofit and the original equipment manufacturer market. In addition, the company develops, manufactures, and sells liquid filtration systems, which are used for the marine scrubber systems, filtration of produced water, industrial applications, pool and spa water, food and beverage application, and silicon carbide membrane technology. Further, it provides flexible and plastics manufacturing products for machining, welding, bending, and solvent cementing. LiqTech International, Inc. sells its products primarily to industrial customers through direct sales, systems integrators, distributors, agents, and partners. The company was formerly known as Blue Moose Media, Inc. and changed its name to LiqTech International, Inc. in October 2011. LiqTech International, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Ballerup, Denmark.

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.