Critical Analysis: TOMI Environmental Solutions (NASDAQ:TOMZ) and Enviri (NYSE:NVRI)

TOMI Environmental Solutions (NASDAQ:TOMZ) and Enviri (NYSE:NVRI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for TOMI Environmental Solutions and Enviri, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TOMI Environmental Solutions	1	1	1	0	2.00
Enviri	1	2	1	0	2.00

TOMI Environmental Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 436.81%. Enviri has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.02%. Given TOMI Environmental Solutions’ higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe TOMI Environmental Solutions is more favorable than Enviri.

Risk and Volatility

TOMI Environmental Solutions has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enviri has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares TOMI Environmental Solutions and Enviri’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TOMI Environmental Solutions	-91.40%	-91.39%	-32.35%
Enviri	-7.62%	-13.47%	-1.92%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares TOMI Environmental Solutions and Enviri”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TOMI Environmental Solutions	$7.74 million	1.70	-$4.48 million	($0.25)	-2.61
Enviri	$2.24 billion	0.65	-$167.60 million	($2.12)	-8.42

TOMI Environmental Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Enviri. Enviri is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TOMI Environmental Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

4.8% of TOMI Environmental Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Enviri shares are held by institutional investors. 23.5% of TOMI Environmental Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Enviri shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

About TOMI Environmental Solutions

TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc., a bacteria decontamination and infectious disease control company, engages in the provision of environmental solutions for indoor air and surface disinfection and decontamination in the United States and internationally. The company’s disinfection solutions include SteraPak portable disinfection systems, SteraMist select surface units, SteraMist environment systems, SteraMist total disinfection carts, SteraMist transport units, NV+ fogging disinfection and decontamination systems, SteraMist custom engineered systems, SteraMist Hybrid disinfection systems, SteraMist integrated systems, Stainless Steel 90-Degree applicators, SteraMist plasma decontamination chambers, and iHP Corporate Service Decontamination, which provides full room, equipment, facility, and emergency disinfection and decontamination services. It also manufactures, sells, services, and licenses SteraMist Binary Ionization Technology, a hydrogen peroxide-based mist and fog. The company’s products and services are used in hospitals and medical facilities, bio-safety labs, pharmaceutical facilities, meat and produce processing facilities, universities and research facilities, vivarium labs, and other service industries, including cruise ships, office buildings, hotel and motel rooms, schools, restaurants, military barracks, police and fire departments, prisons, and athletic facilities; and single-family homes and multi-unit residences. TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc. was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in Frederick, Maryland.

About Enviri

Enviri Corporation provides environmental solutions for industrial and specialty waste streams in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments: Harsco Environmental and Clean Earth. The Harsco Environmental segment offers on-site services under long-term contracts for material logistics, product quality improvement, and resource recovery for iron, steel, and metals manufacturing; manufactures and sells industrial abrasives, roofing granules, aluminum dross, and scrap processing systems; and meltshop and furnace services, such as under-vessel cleaning, removal of ladle slag, and general melt shop debris. This segment also produces and sells value-added downstream products from industrial waste-stream, including road surfacing and materials, such as slag-based asphalt product under the SteelPhal brand; abrasives and roofing materials under the BLACK BEAUTY and SURE/CUT brand names; Metallurgical Additives; agriculture and turf products comprising soil conditioners and fertilizers under the CrossOver and AgrowSil brands; and cement additives. The Clean Earth segment provides specialty waste processing, treatment, recycling, and beneficial reuse solutions for waste needs, such as hazardous, non-hazardous, and contaminated soils and dredged materials to industrial, retail, healthcare, and construction industries. The company was formerly known as Harsco Corporation and changed its name to Enviri Corporation in June 2023. The company was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.