Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (PESI) is a publicly traded company in the Industrials — Waste Management industry listed on NASDAQ. This overview shows the latest price, key valuation ratios, profitability metrics and financial-health indicators used by fundamental investors.
Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc., operating through its various subsidiaries, functions as a U.S.-based company offering specialized expertise in environmental solutions and technology. Its operations are divided into three core divisions: Treatment, Services, and Medical.
Analysis Summary
Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. reported revenue of $61.7M in the most recent fiscal year, growing at a 5-year CAGR of -10.2%.
Trailing-twelve-month margins: gross margin -2.9%, operating margin -33.4%, net margin -37.0%.
At the current price of $18.20, PESI has negative trailing earnings (P/E not meaningful) and an ROE of -40.97%. Market capitalisation stands at $386M.
Balance sheet quality for PESI: current ratio of 1.6, net cash position of $7.4M. A debt-to-equity below 1.0 typically signals conservative capital structure, while a current ratio above 1.5 indicates comfortable short-term liquidity.
Price
| Price | $18.20 |
| Market Cap | $386M |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Country | US |
Valuation Ratios
| Price / Book | 6.19 |
| EV / EBITDA | -23.82 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.00% |
Profitability
| Return on Equity | -40.97% |
| Return on Invested Capital | -25.09% |
| Return on Assets | -20.80% |
| Gross Margin | -2.88% |
| Operating Margin | -33.38% |
| Net Margin | -37.04% |
Financial Health
| Debt / Equity | 0.09 |
| Current Ratio | 1.67 |
| Piotroski F-Score | 5 |
| Altman Z-Score | 2.37 |
What to look at in Industrials
Aerospace, defence, machinery, transport. Semi-cyclical. Key: backlog, operating margins, and FCF conversion.
- 5y revenue growth — Without growth, there is no long-term value creation
- Operating margin — The best indicator of operational discipline in industrials
- ROIC — Quality industrials have ROIC >15% — the rest destroy capital
- FCF conversion — FCF / Net Income — in industrials good >85%
- Net debt / EBITDA — Cyclical industrials with high debt suffer hard in recessions
- Capex / Revenue — Maintaining the machinery. <4% = possible underinvestment (future decline)
- Altman Z-Score — Bankruptcy model (NYU 1968) — combines liquidity, leverage and profitability. Key in cyclicals
Peer Comparison
| Symbol | Company | Market Cap | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PESI | Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. | $386M | 6.19 | -41.0% | |
| 0LTG.L | Waste Management, Inc. | $92.3B | 33.38 | 9.04 | 27.1% |
| WM | Waste Management, Inc. | $85.5B | 30.28 | 8.70 | 28.9% |
| 0KW1.L | Republic Services, Inc. | $68.2B | |||
| RSG | Republic Services, Inc. | $67.6B | 31.81 | 5.74 | 18.3% |
| WCN.TO | Waste Connections, Inc. | $55.2B | |||
| WCN | Waste Connections, Inc. | $39.4B | 37.81 | 5.05 | 13.2% |
| GFL.TO | GFL Environmental Inc. | $20.1B |
Price Performance
| 1 month | +4.96% |
| 3 months | +65.45% |
| Year-to-date | +44.56% |
| 1 year | +122.22% |
| 3 years | +52.68% |
| 5 years | +180.43% |
52-Week Range
| 52-week High | $21.32 |
| 52-week Low | $8.14 |
| Avg Volume (90d) | 392K |
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