Enviri (NVRI) and Its Peers Critical Comparison

Enviri (NYSE:NVRI) is one of 39 publicly-traded companies in the “Waste Removal Svcs” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Enviri to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enviri	$2.34 billion	-$127.97 million	-5.72
Enviri Competitors	$3.24 billion	$254.26 million	30.24

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

Profitability

This table compares Enviri and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enviri	-5.39%	-3.43%	-0.61%
Enviri Competitors	-97.39%	-458.26%	-3.72%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Enviri and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enviri	0	1	0	0	2.00
Enviri Competitors	324	1120	1895	131	2.53

Enviri currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.44%. As a group, “Waste Removal Svcs” companies have a potential upside of 10.81%. Given Enviri’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Enviri is more favorable than its competitors.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

93.4% of Enviri shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.0% of shares of all “Waste Removal Svcs” companies are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Enviri shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of shares of all “Waste Removal Svcs” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Enviri has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enviri’s competitors have a beta of 0.63, meaning that their average stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Enviri competitors beat Enviri on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Enviri Company Profile

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.