PyroGenesis Canada (NASDAQ:PYR – Get Free Report) and EnWave (OTCMKTS:NWVCF – Get Free Report) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings for PyroGenesis Canada and EnWave, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| PyroGenesis Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| EnWave | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| PyroGenesis Canada | -194.50% | -158.35% | -67.59% |
| EnWave | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares PyroGenesis Canada and EnWave’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| PyroGenesis Canada | $14.63 million | 8.07 | -$24.74 million | ($0.14) | -4.71 |
| EnWave | N/A | N/A | N/A | ($0.08) | -2.50 |
EnWave has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PyroGenesis Canada. PyroGenesis Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EnWave, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
0.4% of PyroGenesis Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of EnWave shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.7% of PyroGenesis Canada shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
EnWave beats PyroGenesis Canada on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
About PyroGenesis Canada
PyroGenesis Canada Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and commercializes plasma processes and solutions worldwide. It offers DROSRITE, a process for enhancing metal recovery from dross without any hazardous by-products; plasma atomization process that allows produce and sell high purity spherical metal powders; PUREVAP, a process to produce high purity metallurgical and solar grade silicon from quartz; and PUREVAP NSiR, which is designed to transform silicon into spherical silicon nano powders and nanowires for use in lithium-ion batteries. The company also provides plasma torches and plasma torch systems used toreplace fossil fuel burners in industrial iron ore pelletization process; plasma arc waste destruction systems for waste destruction onboard ships; steam plasma arc refrigerant cracking systems for the destruction of certain refrigerants, including chlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, and hydrochlorofluorocarbons; plasma arc chemical warfare agent destruction systems, which are mobile platforms for the onsite destruction of chemical warfare agents; plasma resource recovery systems for land-based waste destruction and waste-to-energy applications; plasma torches for waste gasification and combustion; and plasma arc gasification and vitrification. In addition, it offers engineering and manufacturing expertise, and contract research, as well as turnkey process equipment packages to the defense, metallurgical, mining, additive manufacturing (including 3D printing), oil and gas, and environmental industries. Further, the company provides installation, commissioning, and start-up services. PyroGenesis Canada Inc. is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.
About EnWave
EnWave Corporation designs, constructs, markets, and sells vacuum-microwave machinery for the food, cannabis, and biomaterial dehydration industries in Canada and the United States. The company operates through EnWave and NutraDried segments. It also offers radiant energy vacuum (REV) platforms, such as nutraREV for dehydration of fruits, vegetables, herbs, dairy products, meats, and seafood; and quantaREV designed for low-temperature dehydration of solid, liquid, and granular or encapsulated food or cannabis products. In addition, the company also provides REV platforms for pharmaceutical industry, including powderREV; freezeREV for the dehydration of biomaterial and pharmaceutical products; and REVworx offers toll manufacturing services for various food product. Further, it manufactures, markets, and sells certain dehydrated food products. The company sells its products through various direct customer relationships, brokers, distributors, coffee shops, and retailers; and its online store, mooncheese.com. EnWave Corporation is headquartered in Delta, Canada.
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