Euro Tech (NASDAQ:CLWT) vs. ZKH Group (NYSE:ZKH) Financial Review

ZKH Group (NYSE:ZKH) and Euro Tech (NASDAQ:CLWT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares ZKH Group and Euro Tech”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ZKH Group	$1.29 billion	0.30	-$19.44 million	($0.01)	-295.00
Euro Tech	$13.27 million	0.91	$160,000.00	N/A	N/A

Euro Tech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ZKH Group.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

9.5% of ZKH Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.9% of Euro Tech shares are held by institutional investors. 79.0% of Euro Tech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for ZKH Group and Euro Tech, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZKH Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
Euro Tech	1	0	0	0	1.00

Risk and Volatility

ZKH Group has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Euro Tech has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares ZKH Group and Euro Tech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ZKH Group	-0.02%	-0.06%	-0.03%
Euro Tech	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Euro Tech beats ZKH Group on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ZKH Group

ZKH Group Limited develops and operates a maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) products trading and service platform that offers spare parts, chemicals, manufacturing parts, general consumables, and office supplies in the People’s Republic of China. The company provides MRO procurement and management services; digitalized MRO procurement solutions; and logistics and warehousing services. It also engages in the production and sale of intelligent warehousing equipment. ZKH Group Limited was founded in 1998 and is based in Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China.

About Euro Tech

Euro Tech Holdings Company Limited primarily distributes water treatment equipment, laboratory instruments, analyzers, test kits and related supplies, and power generation equipment to commercial customers, and governmental agencies in Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China. The company operates in two segments, Trading and Manufacturing, and Engineering. It sells analytical instruments, such as spectrophotometers, colorimeters, chromatographs, mass spectrometers, flow injector analyzers, automated sample preparation workstations, and atomic spectrometers; environmental monitoring instruments comprising air and water quality monitoring instruments; sample pre-treatment equipment; and general-purpose laboratory instruments consisting of water quality monitoring and analysis equipment. The company also distributes general testing and measuring equipment comprising multi-channel digital and analogue recorders, signal amplifiers, and calibration equipment for energy conservation, renewable energy equipment, power quality analyzers, and continuous emissions monitoring systems; and air pollution control systems to power plants, railway and aero-space industries, utilities, educational institutions, and telecommunications companies. In addition, it offers process control systems, including sensors, temperature and pressure gauges, power and energy consumption meters, flow meters, valves, temperature and pressure transmitters and control devices, and temperature and pressure calibrators, as well as moisture, power, energy, and harmonic analyzers; systems engineering services; and maintenance, installation assistance, and calibration services. Further, the company distributes programmable logic controllers, telemetry units, and supervisory control and data acquisition systems and software. Euro Tech Holdings Company Limited was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.