Head to Head Review: OriginClear (OTCMKTS:OCLN) versus Azenta (NASDAQ:AZTA)

OriginClear (OTCMKTS:OCLN) and Azenta (NASDAQ:AZTA) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

99.1% of Azenta shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of OriginClear shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Azenta shares are held 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 OriginClear and Azenta’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OriginClear	-998.01%	N/A	-11.62%
Azenta	-25.01%	1.03%	0.89%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for OriginClear and Azenta, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OriginClear	0	0	0	0	0.00
Azenta	0	3	2	0	2.40

Azenta has a consensus price target of $63.60, suggesting a potential upside of 39.53%. Given Azenta’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Azenta is more favorable than OriginClear.

Risk and Volatility

OriginClear has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Azenta has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares OriginClear and Azenta”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
OriginClear	$30,000.00	231.22	-$11.63 million	N/A	N/A
Azenta	$656.32 million	3.40	-$164.17 million	($2.97)	-15.35

OriginClear has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Azenta.

Summary

Azenta beats OriginClear on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About OriginClear

OriginClear, Inc. provides water treatment solutions worldwide. The company designs and manufactures a line of water treatment systems for municipal, industrial, and pure water applications. It also offers a range of services, including maintenance contracts, retrofits, and replacement assistance; and rents equipment through contracts of varying duration, as well as provides prefabricated water transport and treatment systems. The company was formerly known as OriginOil, Inc. and changed its name to OriginClear, Inc. in April 2015. OriginClear, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Clearwater, Florida.

About Azenta

Azenta, Inc. provides biological and chemical compound sample exploration and management solutions for the life sciences market in North America, Africa, China, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates in two reportable segments, Life Sciences Products and Life Sciences Services. The Life Sciences Products segment offers automated cold storage solutions, consumables and instruments, controlled rate thawing devices, and temperature-controlled storage and transportation solutions. This segment also provides sample management solutions, such as consumable vials and tubes, polymerase chain reaction, plates, instruments for supporting workflows, and informatics. The Life Sciences Services segment provides genomic services, that includes gene sequencing and gene synthesis services; and sample repository solutions, such as on-site and off-site sample storage, cold chain logistics, sample transport and collection relocation, bio-processing solutions, disaster recovery and business continuity, and biospecimen procurement services, as well as project management and consulting services for genomic analysis and the management and care of biological samples used in pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, clinical, and academic research, and development sectors. It serves a range of life science customers, including pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, biorepositories, and research institutes. The company was formerly known as Brooks Automation, Inc. and changed its name to Azenta, Inc. in December 2021. Azenta, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.