374Water Inc (NASDAQ: SCWO)’s stock price has dropped by -7.71 in relation to previous closing price of 0.49. Nevertheless, the company has seen a loss of -6.91% in its stock price over the last five trading days. accessnewswire.com reported 2025-01-23 that Highlights AirSCWO System’s Consistent Ability to Remove >99.9% total PFAS from Saturated AIX Resins in Bench and Commercial Scale Field Trials DURHAM, NC / ACCESS Newswire / January 23, 2025 / 374Water Inc. (NASDAQ:SCWO) (“374Water”) (the “Company”), a global leader in organic waste destruction technology for the municipal, federal, and industrial markets, today announced the publication of their new white paper, “Destruction of PFAS-Laden Ion Exchange Resin using Supercritical Water Oxidation”, demonstrating the ability of its supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) system (AirSCWO) to destroy spent anion IX (AIX) resin laden with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) “Forever Chemicals”. The paper provides an overview of the use of Ion exchange (IX) resins that are used widely across various industries due to their proven performance in removing nuisance contaminants that impact product quality and safe effluent discharge.
Is It Worth Investing in 374Water Inc (NASDAQ: SCWO) Right Now?
Company’s 36-month beta value is -0.06.Analysts have differing opinions on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for SCWO is 72.00M, and currently, short sellers hold a 2.82% ratio of that floaft. The average trading volume of SCWO on February 05, 2025 was 296.47K shares.
SCWO’s Market Performance
SCWO’s stock has seen a -6.91% decrease for the week, with a -34.34% drop in the past month and a -71.15% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 14.84%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 10.80% for 374Water Inc The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -22.23% for SCWO’s stock, with a -61.56% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of SCWO
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for SCWO stocks, with Maxim Group repeating the rating for SCWO by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for SCWO in the upcoming period, according to Maxim Group is $3 based on the research report published on January 03, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
SCWO Trading at -39.99% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought SCWO to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -77.35% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 10.80%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 14.84%, as shares sank -35.62% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -55.22% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, SCWO fell by -6.91%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -62.81% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $0.5787. In addition, 374Water Inc saw -34.08% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at SCWO starting from Nagar Yaacov, who sale 31,025 shares at the price of $0.60 back on Jan 23 ’25. After this action, Nagar Yaacov now owns 36,774,695 shares of 374Water Inc, valued at $18,522 using the latest closing price.
Nagar Yaacov, the 10% Owner of 374Water Inc, sale 900 shares at $0.59 during a trade that took place back on Jan 24 ’25, which means that Nagar Yaacov is holding 36,773,795 shares at $531 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for SCWO
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -35.92 for the present operating margin
- -6.29 for the gross margin
The net margin for 374Water Inc stands at -34.21. The total capital return value is set at -1.33.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -8.56 million with net debt to EBITDA at 0.18. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 198.67. The receivables turnover for the company is 0.15for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.03. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 3.75.
Conclusion
In a nutshell, 374Water Inc (SCWO) has experienced a bad performance in recent times. The stock has received mixed “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
