Perma-Fix Environmental Services (PESI) Competitors

Enviri (NYSE:NVRI) and Perma-Fix Environmental Services (NASDAQ:PESI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

Do analysts recommend NVRI or PESI?

Enviri currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.98%. Given Enviri's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Enviri is more favorable than Perma-Fix Environmental Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enviri	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Perma-Fix Environmental Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NVRI or PESI?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enviri	$2.34B	0.38	-$127.97M	-$1.96	-5.67
Perma-Fix Environmental Services	$59.12M	3.72	-$19.98M	-$1.13	-10.55

Is NVRI or PESI more profitable?

Enviri has a net margin of -7.02% compared to Perma-Fix Environmental Services' net margin of -31.25%. Enviri's return on equity of -7.86% beat Perma-Fix Environmental Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enviri	-7.02%	-7.86%	-1.33%
Perma-Fix Environmental Services	-31.25%	-21.73%	-13.38%

Which has more volatility and risk, NVRI or PESI?

Enviri has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perma-Fix Environmental Services has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer NVRI or PESI?

In the previous week, Enviri had 2 more articles in the media than Perma-Fix Environmental Services. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Enviri and 3 mentions for Perma-Fix Environmental Services. Enviri's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Perma-Fix Environmental Services' score of 1.05 indicating that Enviri is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Enviri	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Perma-Fix Environmental Services	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in NVRI or PESI?

93.4% of Enviri shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.5% of Perma-Fix Environmental Services shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Enviri shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Perma-Fix Environmental Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Enviri beats Perma-Fix Environmental Services on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.