Contrasting PyroGenesis Canada (PYRGF) & Its Peers

PyroGenesis Canada (NASDAQ:PYRGF) is one of 1,004 publicly-traded companies in the “Pharmaceutical preparations” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare PyroGenesis Canada to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares PyroGenesis Canada and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
PyroGenesis Canada	$9.14 million	-$21.12 million	-4.49
PyroGenesis Canada Competitors	$8.91 billion	$153.43 million	-3.04

PyroGenesis Canada’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than PyroGenesis Canada. PyroGenesis Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares PyroGenesis Canada and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PyroGenesis Canada	-201.83%	-1,365.53%	-83.29%
PyroGenesis Canada Competitors	-2,992.57%	-287.66%	-33.62%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for PyroGenesis Canada and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PyroGenesis Canada	0	0	0	0	N/A
PyroGenesis Canada Competitors	6690	19235	45676	967	2.56

As a group, “Pharmaceutical preparations” companies have a potential upside of 74.55%. Given PyroGenesis Canada’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PyroGenesis Canada has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Risk & Volatility

PyroGenesis Canada has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PyroGenesis Canada’s competitors have a beta of 1.00, suggesting that their average stock price is 0% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.0% of PyroGenesis Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical preparations” companies are held by institutional investors. 47.7% of PyroGenesis Canada shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical preparations” companies 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.

Summary

PyroGenesis Canada competitors beat PyroGenesis Canada on 8 of the 10 factors compared.

About PyroGenesis Canada

PyroGenesis Canada Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and commercializes plasma processes and solutions worldwide. The company offers DROSRITE, a process for enhancing metal recovery from dross without any hazardous by-products; plasma atomization process that allows produce and sell high purity spherical metal powders; PUREVAP, a process to produce high purity metallurgical and solar grade silicon from quartz; and PUREVAP NSiR, which is designed to transform silicon into spherical silicon nano powders and nanowires for use in lithium-ion batteries. It provides plasma torches and plasma torch systems used toreplace fossil fuel burners in industrial iron ore pelletization process; plasma arc waste destruction systems for waste destruction onboard ships; steam plasma arc refrigerant cracking systems for the destruction of certain refrigerants, including chlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, and hydrochlorofluorocarbons; plasma arc chemical warfare agent destruction systems, which are mobile platforms for the onsite destruction of chemical warfare agents; plasma resource recovery systems for land-based waste destruction and waste-to-energy applications; plasma torches for waste gasification and combustion; and plasma arc gasification and vitrification. In addition, it offers engineering and manufacturing expertise, and contract research, as well as turnkey process equipment packages to the defense, metallurgical, mining, additive manufacturing (including 3D printing), oil and gas, and environmental industries. Further, the company provides installation, commissioning, and start-up services. PyroGenesis Canada Inc. is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.