OriginOil (OTCMKTS:OCLN – Get Free Report) and Fuel Tech (NASDAQ:FTEK – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares OriginOil and Fuel Tech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| OriginOil | -455.14% | N/A | -940.51% |
| Fuel Tech | -12.17% | -7.29% | -6.32% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for OriginOil and Fuel Tech, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| OriginOil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Fuel Tech | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Volatility and Risk
OriginOil has a beta of -0.26, meaning that its share price is 126% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fuel Tech has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
20.9% of Fuel Tech shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of OriginOil shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Fuel Tech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares OriginOil and Fuel Tech”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| OriginOil | $5.54 million | 1.73 | -$18.97 million | N/A | N/A |
| Fuel Tech | $25.13 million | 1.68 | -$1.94 million | ($0.09) | -15.11 |
Fuel Tech has higher revenue and earnings than OriginOil.
Summary
Fuel Tech beats OriginOil on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About OriginOil
OriginClear, Inc. provides water treatment solutions worldwide. The company designs and manufactures a line of water treatment systems for municipal, industrial, and pure water applications. It also offers a range of services, including maintenance contracts, retrofits, and replacement assistance; and rents equipment through contracts of varying duration, as well as provides prefabricated water transport and treatment systems. The company was formerly known as OriginOil, Inc. and changed its name to OriginClear, Inc. in April 2015. OriginClear, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Clearwater, Florida.
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.
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