Critical Contrast: CDT Environmental Technology Investment (NASDAQ:CDTG) vs. Li-Cycle (NYSE:LICY)

CDT Environmental Technology Investment (NASDAQ:CDTG) and Li-Cycle (NYSE:LICY) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for CDT Environmental Technology Investment and Li-Cycle, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CDT Environmental Technology Investment	0	0	0	0	N/A
Li-Cycle	0	3	1	0	2.25

Li-Cycle has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 1,090.48%. Given Li-Cycle’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Li-Cycle is more favorable than CDT Environmental Technology Investment.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares CDT Environmental Technology Investment and Li-Cycle’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CDT Environmental Technology Investment	$34.21 million	1.18	$7.42 million	N/A	N/A
Li-Cycle	$18.90 million	3.48	-$138.00 million	($10.48)	-0.28

CDT Environmental Technology Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Li-Cycle.

Profitability

This table compares CDT Environmental Technology Investment and Li-Cycle’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CDT Environmental Technology Investment	N/A	N/A	N/A
Li-Cycle	-1,244.97%	-44.25%	-17.42%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

54.1% of Li-Cycle shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of Li-Cycle shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

About CDT Environmental Technology Investment

CDT Environmental Technology Investment Holdings Limited is a waste treatment company which designs, develops, manufactures, sells, installs, operates and maintains sewage treatment systems and provides sewage treatment services. CDT Environmental Technology Investment Holdings Limited is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.

About Li-Cycle

Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. engages in the lithium-ion battery resource recovery and lithium-ion battery recycling business in North America. The company offers a mix of cathode and anode battery materials, including lithium, nickel, and cobalt, as well as graphite, copper, and aluminum; and copper and aluminum metals. It also provides hub products, such as lithium carbonate, cobalt sulphate, nickel sulphate, and manganese carbonate. Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.