Head to Head Comparison: 374Water (NASDAQ:SCWO) & HNI (NYSE:HNI)

374Water (NASDAQ:SCWO) and HNI (NYSE:HNI) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

374Water has a beta of -0.24, indicating that its share price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HNI has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

12.2% of 374Water shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of HNI shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.5% of 374Water shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of HNI shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares 374Water and HNI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
374Water	N/A	-401.97%	-170.75%
HNI	0.10%	13.66%	5.23%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for 374Water and HNI, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
374Water	1	0	0	0	1.00
HNI	0	1	1	0	2.50

HNI has a consensus price target of $65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.00%. Given HNI’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HNI is more favorable than 374Water.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares 374Water and HNI”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
374Water	$220,000.00	214.25	-$20.98 million	($0.71)	-3.75
HNI	$2.84 billion	1.18	$54.20 million	$0.09	515.89

HNI has higher revenue and earnings than 374Water. 374Water is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HNI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

HNI beats 374Water on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About 374Water

374Water Inc. provides a technology that transforms wet wastes into recoverable resources in the United States. The company transforms wet wastes, including sewage sludge, biosolids, food waste, hazardous and non-hazardous waste, and forever chemicals. It offers AirSCWO systems, a waste stream treatment system based on supercritical water oxidation that are used to treat various hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams. It serves Industrial, agricultural, defense, oil and gas, waste management, sanitation project, environmental remediation and compliance, and municipal markets. 374Water Inc. is based in Durham, North Carolina.

About HNI

HNI Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture, sale, and marketing of workplace furnishings and residential building products primarily in the United States and Canada. The company operates through two segments, Workplace Furnishings and Residential Building Products. The Workplace Furnishings segment offers a range of commercial and home office furniture, including panel-based and freestanding furniture systems, seating, storage, benching, tables, architectural products, and ancillary and hospitality products, as well as social collaborative items under the HON, Allsteel, Beyond, Gunlocke, HBF, HBF Textiles, HNI India, Kimball, National, Etc., Interwoven, David Edward, Kimball Hospitality, and D'style brands. This segment sells its products through independent office products dealers, wholesalers, office product distributors, e-commerce focused resellers, and wholesalers, as well as directly to end-user customers and governments. The Residential Building Products segment provides various gas, wood, electric, and pellet-fueled prefabricated fireplaces; and inserts, hearth stoves, facings, outdoor fire pits and fire tables, and accessories. This segment sells its products primarily for home use under the Heatilator, Heat & Glo, Majestic, Monessen, Quadra-Fire, Harman, Vermont Castings, PelPro, Stellar, SimpliFire, The Outdoor GreatRoom Company, and Forge & Flame brand names through independent dealers and distributors, and corporation-owned distribution and retail outlets. The company was incorporated in 1944 and is headquartered in Muscatine, Iowa.