Head to Head Contrast: Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources (OTCMKTS:SENR) & Veralto (NYSE:VLTO)

Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources (OTCMKTS:SENR) and Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources and Veralto’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources	-39.40%	N/A	-142.68%
Veralto	16.75%	38.69%	13.80%

Volatility & Risk

Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources has a beta of -1.31, meaning that its stock price is 231% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veralto has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources and Veralto”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources	$4.31 million	0.70	-$1.80 million	($0.03)	-1.53
Veralto	$5.19 billion	4.74	$833.00 million	$3.65	27.16

Veralto has higher revenue and earnings than Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources. Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veralto, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

91.3% of Veralto shares are held by institutional investors. 43.9% of Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Veralto shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources and Veralto, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources	0	0	0	0	0.00
Veralto	0	5	6	0	2.55

Veralto has a consensus target price of $115.25, indicating a potential upside of 16.26%. Given Veralto’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Veralto is more favorable than Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources.

Summary

Veralto beats Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources

Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources, Inc. provides clean-technologies, waste management, and related services in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Environmental Solutions and Solid Waste. The company designs and sells H2SPlus and OdorFilter dry scrubber solutions for management of hydrogen sulfide in biogas, landfill gas, and petroleum processing operations; develops and designs proprietary technologies and systems for conditioning biogas for use as renewable natural gas for a range of applications, such as transportation fuel and natural gas pipeline injection; and develops waste destruction technology using pyrolytic heating process combined with non-thermal plasma assisted oxidation. In addition, it develops renewable natural gas projects; and advanced chemical absorbents and catalysts that enhance the capability of biogas produced from landfill, wastewater treatment, and agricultural digester operations, as well as offers soil amendment pellets. The company serves companies primarily in the oil and gas refineries, landfills, medical waste destruction operations, agricultural companies, and food and beverage companies, as well as other commercial and industrial customers. Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources, Inc. is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.

About Veralto

Veralto Corporation provides water analytics, water treatment, marking and coding, and packaging and color services worldwide. It operates through two segments, Water Quality (WQ) and Product Quality & Innovation (PQI). The WQ segment offers precision instrumentation and water treatment technologies to measure, analyze, and treat water in residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, research, and natural resource applications through the Hach, Trojan Technologies, and ChemTreat brands. This segment provides water solutions, including chemical reagents, services, and digital solutions. The PQI segment offers inline printing solutions for products and packaging with marking and coding systems; marking and coding for packaged goods and related consumables; design software and imaging systems for the creation of new packaging designs; color management solutions for printed packages and consumer and industrial products; color standard services for the design industry; and a software solution that provides digital asset management, marketing resource management, and product information management. This segment sells its products and services through the Videojet, Linx, Esko, X-Rite, and Pantone brands to regulated industries, including municipal utilities, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and industrials. The company was formerly known as DH EAS Holding Corp. and changed its name to Veralto Corporation in February 2023. Veralto Corporation was incorporated in 2022 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.