Atmus Filtration Technologies (NYSE:ATMU) versus Perma-Fix Environmental Services (NASDAQ:PESI) Critical Contrast

Perma-Fix Environmental Services (NASDAQ:PESI) and Atmus Filtration Technologies (NYSE:ATMU) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Volatility & Risk

Perma-Fix Environmental Services has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atmus Filtration Technologies has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Perma-Fix Environmental Services and Atmus Filtration Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Perma-Fix Environmental Services	$59.12 million	4.38	-$19.98 million	($0.66)	-21.18
Atmus Filtration Technologies	$1.67 billion	2.55	$185.60 million	$2.40	21.76

Atmus Filtration Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Perma-Fix Environmental Services. Perma-Fix Environmental Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atmus Filtration Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Perma-Fix Environmental Services and Atmus Filtration Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Perma-Fix Environmental Services	1	0	0	0	1.00
Atmus Filtration Technologies	0	2	3	0	2.60

Atmus Filtration Technologies has a consensus price target of $49.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.19%. Given Atmus Filtration Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Atmus Filtration Technologies is more favorable than Perma-Fix Environmental Services.

Profitability

This table compares Perma-Fix Environmental Services and Atmus Filtration Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Perma-Fix Environmental Services	-19.15%	-19.45%	-12.24%
Atmus Filtration Technologies	11.57%	76.84%	17.36%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

25.5% of Perma-Fix Environmental Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of Atmus Filtration Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Perma-Fix Environmental Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Atmus Filtration Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Atmus Filtration Technologies beats Perma-Fix Environmental Services on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Perma-Fix Environmental Services

Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an environmental and technology know-how company in the United States. The company through Treatment and Services segments. The Treatment segment offers nuclear, low-level radioactive, mixed waste, hazardous and non-hazardous waste treatment, and processing and disposal services through treatment and storage facilities. This segment is also involved in the research and development activities to identify, develop, and implement waste processing techniques for problematic waste streams. The Services segment provides technical services, including professional radiological measurement and site survey of government and commercial installations; health physics services; integrated occupational safety and health services; and consulting, engineering, project and waste management, environmental, decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) field, technical and management personnel and services; and waste management services. This segment also offers nuclear services, including D&D of government and commercial facilities, including engineering, technology applications, specialty services, logistics, transportation, processing, and disposal; and license termination support, such as project management, planning, characterization, waste stream identification and delineation, remediation/demolition, compliance demonstration, final status survey, reporting, transportation, disposal and emergency response. In addition, it maintains, services, maintains, calibrates, and sources health physics, IH and customized nuclear, environmental, and occupational safety and health instruments. The company provides its services to research institutions, commercial companies, public utilities, and governmental agencies through direct sales to customers or through intermediaries. Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

About Atmus Filtration Technologies

Atmus Filtration Technologies Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells filtration products under the Fleetguard brand name in North America, Europe, South America, Asia, Australia, Africa, and internationally. The company offers fuel filters, lube filters, air filters, crankcase ventilation, hydraulic filters, coolants, and fuel additives, as well as other chemicals; and fuel water separators and other filtration systems to original equipment manufacturers, dealers/distributors, and end-users. Its products are used in on-highway commercial vehicles and off-highway agriculture, construction, mining, and power generation vehicles and equipment. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.