Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) and National Waste Management (OTCMKTS:NWMH) Financial Comparison

National Waste Management (OTCMKTS:NWMH) and Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

22.0% of Aqua Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 95.6% of National Waste Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Aqua Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares National Waste Management and Aqua Metals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Waste Management	N/A	N/A	N/A
Aqua Metals	N/A	-147.77%	-99.67%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares National Waste Management and Aqua Metals”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
National Waste Management	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Aqua Metals	$30,000.00	198.14	-$24.55 million	($3.85)	-0.16

National Waste Management has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aqua Metals.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for National Waste Management and Aqua Metals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Waste Management	0	0	0	0	0.00
Aqua Metals	0	0	2	0	3.00

Aqua Metals has a consensus price target of $21.50, indicating a potential upside of 3,498.93%. Given Aqua Metals’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aqua Metals is more favorable than National Waste Management.

Summary

Aqua Metals beats National Waste Management on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About National Waste Management

National Waste Management Holdings, Inc. operates as a waste management company in Upstate New York and Central Florida. The company offers construction and demolition landfill services; and commercial and residential dumpster services and roll-off boxes for construction and clean-up projects specializing in the removal of debris, garbage, waste, hauling construction, and demolition debris. It also provides trash collection services, roll-off services, and a full service transfer station; and wood grinding, demolition, mulch, and gravel services for the industrial and residential markets. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Hernando, Florida.

About Aqua Metals

Aqua Metals, Inc. engages in reinventing metals recycling activities with its patented AquaRefining technology. The company's technology produces metals and alloys that can be returned into the battery manufacturing supply chain markets, as well as sells metals for use in various advanced manufacturing industries. Its AquaRefining, a low-emissions and recycling technology that replaces polluting furnaces and hazardous chemicals with electricity-powered electroplating to recover valuable metals and materials from spent batteries. Aqua Metals, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.