Critical Analysis: Enviri (NYSE:NVRI) versus Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources (OTCMKTS:SENR)

Enviri (NYSE:NVRI) and Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources (OTCMKTS:SENR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Enviri and Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enviri	1	2	0	0	1.67
Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources	0	0	0	0	0.00

Profitability

This table compares Enviri and Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enviri	-7.42%	-9.80%	-1.55%
Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources	-37.60%	N/A	-139.50%

Volatility & Risk

Enviri has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources has a beta of -1.86, meaning that its share price is 286% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Enviri and Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enviri	$2.24 billion	0.70	-$127.97 million	($2.08)	-9.30
Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources	$4.31 million	0.49	-$1.80 million	($0.03)	-1.05

Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Enviri. Enviri is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

93.4% of Enviri shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Enviri shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.9% of Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Enviri beats Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Enviri

Enviri Corporation provides environmental solutions for industrial and specialty waste streams in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments: Harsco Environmental and Clean Earth. The Harsco Environmental segment offers on-site services under long-term contracts for material logistics, product quality improvement, and resource recovery for iron, steel, and metals manufacturing; manufactures and sells industrial abrasives, roofing granules, aluminum dross, and scrap processing systems; and meltshop and furnace services, such as under-vessel cleaning, removal of ladle slag, and general melt shop debris. This segment also produces and sells value-added downstream products from industrial waste-stream, including road surfacing and materials, such as slag-based asphalt product under the SteelPhal brand; abrasives and roofing materials under the BLACK BEAUTY and SURE/CUT brand names; Metallurgical Additives; agriculture and turf products comprising soil conditioners and fertilizers under the CrossOver and AgrowSil brands; and cement additives. The Clean Earth segment provides specialty waste processing, treatment, recycling, and beneficial reuse solutions for waste needs, such as hazardous, non-hazardous, and contaminated soils and dredged materials to industrial, retail, healthcare, and construction industries. The company was formerly known as Harsco Corporation and changed its name to Enviri Corporation in June 2023. The company was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

About Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources

Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources, Inc. provides clean-technologies, waste management, and related services in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Environmental Solutions and Solid Waste. The company designs and sells H2SPlus and OdorFilter dry scrubber solutions for management of hydrogen sulfide in biogas, landfill gas, and petroleum processing operations; develops and designs proprietary technologies and systems for conditioning biogas for use as renewable natural gas for a range of applications, such as transportation fuel and natural gas pipeline injection; and develops waste destruction technology using pyrolytic heating process combined with non-thermal plasma assisted oxidation. In addition, it develops renewable natural gas projects; and advanced chemical absorbents and catalysts that enhance the capability of biogas produced from landfill, wastewater treatment, and agricultural digester operations, as well as offers soil amendment pellets. The company serves companies primarily in the oil and gas refineries, landfills, medical waste destruction operations, agricultural companies, and food and beverage companies, as well as other commercial and industrial customers. Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources, Inc. is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.