ARQ (ARQ) and Its Competitors Financial Comparison

ARQ (NASDAQ:ARQ) is one of 295 publicly-traded companies in the “Chemicals” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare ARQ to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

ARQ has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARQ’s rivals have a beta of 1.26, suggesting that their average share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for ARQ and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ARQ	1	1	1	0	2.00
ARQ Competitors	3234	12161	14087	515	2.40

ARQ presently has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 182.49%. As a group, “Chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 7.08%. Given ARQ’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe ARQ is more favorable than its rivals.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

18.5% of ARQ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are held by institutional investors. 20.1% of ARQ shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares ARQ and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARQ	-42.33%	-2.54%	-1.88%
ARQ Competitors	-61.48%	1.14%	-1.43%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ARQ and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ARQ	$120.34 million	-$52.61 million	-1.40
ARQ Competitors	$6.37 billion	$222.31 million	-3.77

ARQ’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than ARQ. ARQ is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

ARQ rivals beat ARQ on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

ARQ Company Profile

Arq, Inc. is a holding company. It engages in the provision of environmental and emission control equipment to the power generation industry. The company operates through the following Segments: Refined Coal and Advanced Purification Technologies. The Refined Coal segment includes the Tinuum Group, Tinuum Services, and GWN Manager. The Advanced Purification Technologies segment refers to the sale of Activated Carbon Injection and Dry Sorbent Injection equipment systems, chemical sales, consulting services, and other sales related to the reduction of emissions in the coal-fired electric generation process and the electric utility industry. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, CO.