Head-To-Head Survey: PureCycle Technologies (PCT) versus The Competition

PureCycle Technologies (NASDAQ:PCT) is one of 295 publicly-traded companies in the “Chemicals” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare PureCycle Technologies to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for PureCycle Technologies and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PureCycle Technologies	1	1	1	0	2.00
PureCycle Technologies Competitors	3248	12209	14130	519	2.40

PureCycle Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $10.75, indicating a potential upside of 545.65%. As a group, “Chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 8.83%. Given PureCycle Technologies’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe PureCycle Technologies is more favorable than its competitors.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares PureCycle Technologies and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
PureCycle Technologies	$8.35 million	-$182.57 million	-1.45
PureCycle Technologies Competitors	$6.35 billion	$222.31 million	-0.87

PureCycle Technologies’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than PureCycle Technologies. PureCycle Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk & Volatility

PureCycle Technologies has a beta of 2.74, meaning that its stock price is 174% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PureCycle Technologies’ competitors have a beta of 0.93, meaning that their average stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

63.0% of PureCycle Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.4% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are owned by institutional investors. 18.8% of PureCycle Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares PureCycle Technologies and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PureCycle Technologies	-1,618.84%	-612.39%	-22.08%
PureCycle Technologies Competitors	-61.35%	1.23%	-1.42%

Summary

PureCycle Technologies competitors beat PureCycle Technologies on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About PureCycle Technologies

PureCycle Technologies, Inc. engages in the production of recycled polypropylene (PP). The company holds a license for restoring waste PP into ultra-pure recycled polypropylene resin that has multiple applications, including packaging and labeling for consumer products, piping, ropes, cabling, and plastic parts for various industries. Its recycling process separates color, odor, and other contaminants from plastic waste feedstock to transform it into virgin-like resin. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.