Financial Survey: 374Water (NASDAQ:SCWO) vs. Decent (NASDAQ:DXST)

374Water (NASDAQ:SCWO) and Decent (NASDAQ:DXST) 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 valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for 374Water and Decent, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
374Water	1	0	0	0	1.00
Decent	1	0	0	0	1.00

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
374Water	-911.15%	-338.77%	-189.45%
Decent	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk and Volatility

374Water has a beta of -0.28, indicating that its share price is 128% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Decent has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares 374Water and Decent”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
374Water	$220,000.00	201.25	-$20.98 million	($0.86)	-2.94
Decent	$12.95 million	0.24	-$320,000.00	N/A	N/A

Decent has higher revenue and earnings than 374Water.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

12.2% of 374Water shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.3% of 374Water shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Decent beats 374Water on 6 of the 9 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 Decent

Decent Holding, Inc. engages in the provision of wastewater treatment by cleansing the industrial wastewater, ecological river restoration, and river ecosystem management. Its products and services include river water quality management and microbial products for water quality enhancement and pollutant cleansing purposes. The company was founded by Ding Xin Sun on January 6, 2022 and is headquartered in Yantai, China.