Sancon Resources Recovery (OTCMKTS:IGSC – Get Free Report) and Fuel Tech (NASDAQ:FTEK – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
20.9% of Fuel Tech shares are held by institutional investors. 10.0% of Fuel Tech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings for Sancon Resources Recovery and Fuel Tech, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Sancon Resources Recovery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Fuel Tech | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Sancon Resources Recovery and Fuel Tech”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Sancon Resources Recovery | $1.74 million | 4.54 | $200,000.00 | N/A | N/A |
| Fuel Tech | $25.13 million | 1.99 | -$1.94 million | ($0.09) | -17.89 |
Sancon Resources Recovery has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fuel Tech.
Profitability
This table compares Sancon Resources Recovery and Fuel Tech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Sancon Resources Recovery | 13.08% | 8.90% | 5.81% |
| Fuel Tech | -12.17% | -7.29% | -6.32% |
Risk and Volatility
Sancon Resources Recovery has a beta of -5.74, meaning that its stock price is 674% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fuel Tech has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Fuel Tech beats Sancon Resources Recovery on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Sancon Resources Recovery
IGS Capital Group Limited, through its subsidiary, IGS Mart SDN BHD, operates a convenient store in Malaysia. It operates its store under the Like Mart name. The company was formerly known as Sancon Resources Recovery, Inc. and changed its name to IGS Capital Group Limited in June 2017. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. IGS Capital Group Limited is a subsidiary of Pontoon Boat Inc.
About Fuel Tech
Fuel Tech, Inc. provides boiler optimization, efficiency improvement, and air pollution reduction and control solutions to utility and industrial customers worldwide. The company operates through Air Pollution Control Technology and FUEL CHEM Technology segments. The Air Pollution Control Technology segment offers technologies to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions in flue gas from boilers, incinerators, furnaces, and other stationary combustion sources; NOxOUT and HERT selective non-catalytic reduction systems; selective catalytic reduction systems comprising ammonia injection grid, and graduated straightening grid systems; I-NOx systems; ESP Processes and Services; ULTRA technology; and flue gas conditioning systems. The FUEL CHEM Technology segment provides programs to improve the efficiency, reliability, fuel flexibility, boiler heat rate, and environmental status of combustion units by controlling slagging, fouling, corrosion, opacity, and acid plume, as well as the formation of sulfur trioxide, ammonium bisulfate, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide through the addition of chemicals into the furnace using TIFI targeted in-furnace injection technology. This segment offers its FUEL CHEM program for plants operating in the electric utility, industrial, pulp and paper, waste-to-energy, and university and district heating markets; and the owners of boilers, furnaces, and other combustion units. Fuel Tech, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Warrenville, Illinois.
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