Critical Contrast: 374Water (NASDAQ:SCWO) versus National Waste Management (OTCMKTS:NWMH)

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

12.2% of 374Water shares are owned by institutional investors. 95.6% of National Waste Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of 374Water shares are owned by 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 National Waste Management and 374Water”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
National Waste Management	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
374Water	$440,000.00	109.60	-$12.43 million	($1.20)	-2.38

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

Profitability

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

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for National Waste Management and 374Water, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

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

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

Summary

National Waste Management beats 374Water on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.