Critical Comparison: OriginClear (OTCMKTS:OCLN) versus ASML (NASDAQ:ASML)

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

Volatility & Risk

OriginClear has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASML has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares OriginClear and ASML’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%
ASML	26.50%	49.93%	17.13%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

26.1% of ASML shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of OriginClear shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for OriginClear and ASML, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OriginClear	0	0	0	0	N/A
ASML	0	3	9	2	2.93

ASML has a consensus target price of $1,110.80, indicating a potential upside of 33.35%. Given ASML’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ASML is more favorable than OriginClear.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares OriginClear and ASML”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
OriginClear	$30,000.00	383.24	-$11.63 million	N/A	N/A
ASML	$25.44 billion	12.92	$8.48 billion	$19.58	42.54

ASML has higher revenue and earnings than OriginClear.

Summary

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

About OriginClear

OriginClear, Inc. provides water treatment solutions worldwide. It licenses its Electro Water Separation water cleanup technology that utilizes a catalytic process to concentrate and eliminate suspended solids in commercial and industrial wastewater; and Advanced Oxidation technology for reducing or eliminating dissolved organic microtoxins, which includes bacteria and viruses, hormones, drugs, and pesticides. The company also designs and manufactures a line of water treatment systems for municipal, industrial, commercial, and pure water applications. In addition, it 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 products. 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 ASML

ASML Holding N.V. develops, produces, markets, sells, and services advanced semiconductor equipment systems for chipmakers. It offers advanced semiconductor equipment systems, including lithography, metrology, and inspection systems. The company also provides extreme ultraviolet lithography systems; and deep ultraviolet lithography systems comprising immersion and dry lithography solutions to manufacture various range of semiconductor nodes and technologies. In addition, it offers metrology and inspection systems, including YieldStar optical metrology systems to assess the quality of patterns on the wafers; and HMI electron beam solutions to locate and analyze individual chip defects. Further, the company provides computational lithography solutions, and lithography systems and control software solutions; and refurbishes and upgrades lithography systems, as well as offers customer support and related services. It operates in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, China, rest of Asia, the Netherlands, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the United States. The company was formerly known as ASM Lithography Holding N.V. and changed its name to ASML Holding N.V. in 2001. ASML Holding N.V. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands.