Financial Comparison: Alexco Resource Corp. (AXU) versus Quest Resource Holding Corporation. (QRHC)

Alexco Resource Corp. (NYSE: AXU) and Quest Resource Holding Corporation. (NASDAQ:QRHC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitabiliy, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

11.9% of Quest Resource Holding Corporation. shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.2% of Quest Resource Holding Corporation. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Alexco Resource Corp. and Quest Resource Holding Corporation., as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alexco Resource Corp.	0	0	1	0	3.00
Quest Resource Holding Corporation.	0	0	3	0	3.00

Quest Resource Holding Corporation. has a consensus price target of $5.33, suggesting a potential upside of 183.69%. Given Quest Resource Holding Corporation.’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Quest Resource Holding Corporation. is more favorable than Alexco Resource Corp..

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Alexco Resource Corp. and Quest Resource Holding Corporation.’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	EBITDA	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alexco Resource Corp.	$8.66 million	15.45	-$4.64 million	N/A	N/A
Quest Resource Holding Corporation.	$180.58 million	0.16	-$2.98 million	($0.52)	-3.62

Quest Resource Holding Corporation. has higher revenue and earnings than Alexco Resource Corp..

Profitability

This table compares Alexco Resource Corp. and Quest Resource Holding Corporation.’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alexco Resource Corp.	-48.17%	-4.10%	-3.16%
Quest Resource Holding Corporation.	-4.27%	-11.38%	-7.16%

Summary

Quest Resource Holding Corporation. beats Alexco Resource Corp. on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

Alexco Resource Corp. Company Profile

Alexco Resource Corp. (Alexco) operates two businesses: a mining business, consisting of mineral exploration and mine development and operation in Canada, located in Yukon Territory, and through its Alexco Environmental Group (AEG), an environmental services business, providing consulting, remediation solutions and project management services in respect of environmental permitting and compliance and site remediation, in Canada and the United States. The Company’s principal mining business activities are being carried out within the Keno Hill Silver District (KHSD) in Yukon Territory. The KHSD project is located near the village of Keno City, approximately 350 kilometers north of Whitehorse, Yukon. The KHSD property comprises the Flame & Moth, Bellekeno and Lucky Queen deposits, as well as the Onek, Bermingham properties and Elsa Tailings properties. It holds various other property interests within KHSD, including Silver King, Husky and McQuesten, and other properties.

Quest Resource Holding Corporation. Company Profile

Quest Resource Holding Corporation (QRHC) provides businesses with one-stop management programs to reuse, recycle and dispose of a range of waste streams and recyclables generated by their businesses and operate social media and online data platforms that contain information and instructions to recycle or properly dispose of household products and materials. The Company’s reuse, recycling and disposal management programs are designed to enable regional and national customers to have a single point of contact for managing a range of waste streams and recyclables. Its directory of local recycling and disposal options provides guidance for the proper recycling or disposal of a range of household products and materials. Its services focuses on the waste streams and recyclables from big box, food chain and other retailers; automotive and fleet providers; hospital and other healthcare facilities, and commercial, industrial, residential and educational properties.