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Fuel Tech (Fuel Tech) PS Ratio

: 1.26 (As of Today)
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The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. As of today, Fuel Tech's share price is $1.12. Fuel Tech's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.89. Hence, Fuel Tech's PS Ratio for today is 1.26.

The historical rank and industry rank for Fuel Tech's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FTEK' s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.33   Med: 0.92   Max: 6.34
Current: 1.27

During the past 13 years, Fuel Tech's highest PS Ratio was 6.34. The lowest was 0.33. And the median was 0.92.

FTEK's PS Ratio is ranked better than
59.53% of 2970 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.64 vs FTEK: 1.27

Fuel Tech's Revenue per Sharefor the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.21. Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.89.

Warning Sign:

Fuel Tech Inc revenue per share has been in decline for the last 5 years.

During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of Fuel Tech was 0.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was -0.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was -15.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was -16.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, Fuel Tech's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 499.30% per year. The lowest was -29.60% per year. And the median was -0.80% per year.

Back to Basics: PS Ratio


Fuel Tech PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fuel Tech's PS Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Fuel Tech Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PS Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.75 4.25 1.71 1.43 1.18

Fuel Tech Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
PS Ratio Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.43 1.35 1.44 1.29 1.18

Competitive Comparison

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Fuel Tech's PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Fuel Tech PS Ratio Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Fuel Tech's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fuel Tech's PS Ratio falls into.



Fuel Tech PS Ratio Calculation

The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks and it was first used by Ken Fisher.

Fuel Tech's PS Ratio for today is calculated as

PS Ratio=Share Price/Revenue per Share (TTM)
=1.12/0.891
=1.26

Fuel Tech's Share Price of today is $1.12.
Fuel Tech's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.89.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

PS Ratio=Market Cap/Revenue

The Revenue here is for the trailing 12 months.


Fuel Tech  (NAS:FTEK) PS Ratio Explanation

The PS Ratio is an excellent valuation indicator if you want to compare a stock with its historical valuation or with the stocks in the same industry. The PS Ratio works especially well when you want to compare the stock's current valuation with its historical valuation. The PS Ratio is a great valuation tool for evaluating cyclical businesses where the PE Ratio works poorly. It works the best when comparing the current valuation with the historical valuation because over time, a company's profit margin tends to revert to the mean.

When the PS Ratio is applied to the whole stock market, it can be used to evaluate the current market valuation and projected returns. In this case, the price is the total market cap of all stocks that are traded, and sales are the GDP of the country. This is how Warren Buffett estimates the broad market valuation and project future returns.

Similar to the PE Ratio or Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow , the PS Ratio measures the valuation based on the earning power of the company. This is where it is different from the PB Ratio , which measures the valuation based on the company's balance sheet.


Be Aware

The PS Ratio does not tell you how cheap or expensive the stock is. It cannot be used to compare companies in different industries. It works better for companies within the same industry because these companies tend to have similar capital structures and profit margins. It works the best when comparing a company with itself in the past.


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Fuel Tech (Fuel Tech) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
27601 Bella Vista Parkway, Warrenville, IL, USA, 60555-1617
Fuel Tech Inc is an technology provider of boiler optimization, efficiency improvement, and air pollution reduction to utility and industrial customers. The company operates in two segments, Air Pollution Control and Fuel Chem. The Air Pollution Control technology segment includes technologies to reduce NOx emissions in flue gas from boilers, incinerators, furnaces and other stationary combustion sources. TheFuel Chem technology segment uses chemical processes in combination with advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics and Chemical Kinetics Modeling boiler modeling for the control of slagging, fouling, corrosion, opacity and other sulfur trioxide-related issues in furnaces and boilers through the addition of chemicals into the furnace using TIFI Targeted In-Furnace Injection technology.
Executives
Vincent J Arnone officer: Executive Vice President
Bettye J Bailey 10 percent owner C/O WHITMAN BREED ABBOTT & MORGAN LLC, 9 GREENWICH OFFICE PARK, GREENWICH CT 06831
Ellen T Albrecht officer: Acting PFO and Treasurer C/O FUEL TECH, 695 E MAIN STREET, STAMFORD CT 06901
Dennis L Zeitler director P.O. BOX 426, PITTSBURGH PA 15230
James J Markowsky director 27601 BELLA VISTA PARKWAY, WARRENVILLE IL 60555
Douglas G Bailey director, officer: President, CEO & Chairman
Cummings William E Jr officer: Senior Vice President, Sales C/O FUEL TECH, 27601 BELLA VISTA PARKWAY, WARRENVILLE IL 60555
James M Pach officer: Acting PFO & Treasurer 27601 BELLA VISTA PARKWAY, WARRENVILLE IL 60555
Sharon L Jones director 27601 BELLA VISTA PARKWAY, WARRENVILLE IL 60555
David S Collins officer: Sr. Vice President C/O FUEL TECH, 27601 BELLA VISTA PARKWAY, WARRENVILLE IL 60555
W Grant Gregory director C/O AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC, 1 STATE STREET PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10004
Delbert L Williamson director C/O FUEL TECH, 695 E MAIN STREET, STAMFORD CT 06901
Miguel Espinosa director
George F Maccormack director PEPCO HOLDINGS, INC., 701 NINTH STREET, NW, SUITE 1300, WASHINGTON DC 20068
Thomas S Shaw director C/O CONECTIV, 800 KING ST PO BOX 231, WILMINGTON DE 19899