Financial Comparison: OriginClear (OTCMKTS:OCLN) versus ACM Research (NASDAQ:ACMR)

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

66.8% of ACM Research shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of OriginClear shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.2% of ACM Research shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for OriginClear and ACM Research, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OriginClear	0	0	0	0	N/A
ACM Research	0	0	4	0	3.00

ACM Research has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 77.90%. Given ACM Research’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ACM Research is more favorable than OriginClear.

Volatility & Risk

OriginClear has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACM Research has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares OriginClear and ACM Research’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OriginClear	N/A	N/A	-9.16%
ACM Research	12.26%	9.16%	5.63%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares OriginClear and ACM Research”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
OriginClear	$30,000.00	338.23	-$11.63 million	N/A	N/A
ACM Research	$557.72 million	1.91	$77.35 million	$1.26	14.72

ACM Research has higher revenue and earnings than OriginClear.

Summary

ACM Research beats OriginClear on 10 of the 11 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 ACM Research

ACM Research, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and sells single-wafer wet cleaning equipment for enhancing the manufacturing process and yield for integrated chips worldwide. It offers space alternated phase shift technology for flat and patterned wafer surfaces, which employs alternating phases of megasonic waves to deliver megasonic energy in a uniform manner on a microscopic level; timely energized bubble oscillation technology for patterned wafer surfaces at advanced process nodes, which provides cleaning for 2D and 3D patterned wafers; Tahoe technology for delivering cleaning performance using less sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide; and electro-chemical plating technology for advanced metal plating. The company markets and sells its products under the SAPS, TEBO, ULTRA C, ULTRA Fn, Ultra ECP, Ultra ECP map, and Ultra ECP ap trademarks through direct sales force and third-party representatives. ACM Research, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.