PureCycle Technologies (NASDAQ:PCT – Get Free Report) and ICL Group (NYSE:ICL – Get Free Report) are both materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares PureCycle Technologies and ICL Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| PureCycle Technologies | -1,370.89% | -959.19% | -22.23% |
| ICL Group | 3.99% | 8.38% | 4.12% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
63.0% of PureCycle Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of ICL Group shares are held by institutional investors. 18.8% of PureCycle Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ICL Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares PureCycle Technologies and ICL Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| PureCycle Technologies | $8.35 million | 43.33 | -$182.57 million | ($1.15) | -1.57 |
| ICL Group | $7.15 billion | 0.83 | $226.00 million | $0.24 | 19.15 |
ICL Group has higher revenue and earnings than PureCycle Technologies. PureCycle Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICL Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for PureCycle Technologies and ICL Group, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| PureCycle Technologies | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| ICL Group | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
PureCycle Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $10.75, suggesting a potential upside of 497.22%. ICL Group has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.58%. Given PureCycle Technologies’ higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe PureCycle Technologies is more favorable than ICL Group.
Summary
ICL Group beats PureCycle Technologies on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About PureCycle Technologies
PureCycle Technologies is a plastics recycling company focused on polypropylene, a common plastic used in packaging, consumer products and automotive applications. The company uses a purification process licensed from Procter & Gamble to remove color, odor and other contaminants from waste polypropylene and produce recycled resin intended for use in a range of applications. Founded in 2015, PureCycle markets its recycled polypropylene under the PureFive brand. Its process is designed to complement conventional mechanical recycling by handling polypropylene waste that may be difficult to recycle into higher-quality material using mechanical methods alone.
About ICL Group
ICL Group Ltd. is an Israel-based specialty minerals and chemicals company. Its business draws on resources including potash, phosphate and bromine to produce products for agriculture, food, industrial and other markets. The company supplies crop nutrition products and specialty fertilizers, as well as phosphate ingredients used in food and other applications. Its industrial products include bromine-based compounds, flame retardants, water-treatment chemicals and specialty minerals. ICL also develops materials for energy storage and other advanced applications.
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