Critical Contrast: Kaiser Group (OTCMKTS:KGHI) and Perma-Fix Environmental Services (NASDAQ:PESI)

Perma-Fix Environmental Services (NASDAQ:PESI) and Kaiser Group (OTCMKTS:KGHI) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Perma-Fix Environmental Services and Kaiser Group’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Perma-Fix Environmental Services	$89.74 million	1.78	$490,000.00	($0.20)	-50.65
Kaiser Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Perma-Fix Environmental Services has higher revenue and earnings than Kaiser Group.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Perma-Fix Environmental Services and Kaiser Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Perma-Fix Environmental Services	0	0	1	0	3.00
Kaiser Group	0	0	0	0	N/A

Perma-Fix Environmental Services currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 77.69%. Given Perma-Fix Environmental Services’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Perma-Fix Environmental Services is more favorable than Kaiser Group.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

25.5% of Perma-Fix Environmental Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of Perma-Fix Environmental Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Kaiser Group shares 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 Perma-Fix Environmental Services and Kaiser Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Perma-Fix Environmental Services	-3.20%	-5.82%	-2.90%
Kaiser Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility & Risk

Perma-Fix Environmental Services has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kaiser Group has a beta of -28.25, indicating that its stock price is 2,925% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Perma-Fix Environmental Services beats Kaiser Group on 5 of the 9 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 Kaiser Group

Kaiser Group Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, Kaiser Aircraft Industries, Inc., provides aircraft maintenance and modification services for government, military, and commercial customers. It also manufactures and assemblies parts and kits. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.