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PERMA FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC PESI
PERMA FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC (PESI) earns a Piotroski F-score of 5/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the distress zone. It does not currently pay a dividend. FY2025 revenue was $61.7M at a -22.3% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -3.2 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
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How it ranks in Transportation & Utilities · percentile among 348 companies
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Piotroski F breakdown · 5/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · distress zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.157 |
| Retained earnings / assets | -1.258 |
| EBIT / assets | -0.133 |
| Equity / liabilities | 1.323 |
Sector peers · similar-size Transportation & Utilities companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PESI | PERMA FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC | 5/9 | -2.58 | — | +4.3% |
| CLH | CLEAN HARBORS INC | 6/9 | 3.66 | 40.8 | +2.4% |
| NPPXF | NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP | 6/9 | 2.95 | — | -1.3% |
| VZ | VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC | 4/9 | 1.53 | 11.4 | +2.5% |
| T | AT&T INC. | 6/9 | 0.88 | 7.2 | +2.7% |
| CCZ | COMCAST CORP | 6/9 | 1.79 | 4.9 | +-0% |
| FDX | FEDEX CORP | 5/9 | 2.66 | 17.1 | +7.7% |
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About PERMA FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC
Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an environmental and technology know-how company in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Treatment and Services. The Treatment segment offers nuclear, low-level radioactive, mixed waste, hazardous and non-hazardous waste treatment, and processing and disposal services through treatment and storage facilities. This segment is also involved in the research and development activities to identify, develop, and implement waste processing techniques for problematic waste streams. The Services segment provides technical services, including professional radiological measurement and site survey of government and commercial installations; health physics services; integrated occupational safety and health services; consulting, engineering, project and waste management, environmental, decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) field, and technical and management personnel and services; and waste management services. This segment also offers nuclear services, including D&D of government and commercial facilities, including engineering, technology applications, specialty services, logistics, transportation, processing, and disposal; and license termination support, such as project management, planning, characterization, waste stream identification and delineation, remediation/demolition, compliance demonstration, final status survey, reporting, transportation, disposal, and emergency response. In addition, it maintains, services, maintains, calibrates, and sources health physics, IH and customized nuclear, environmental, and occupational safety and health instruments. The company serves research institutions, commercial companies, public utilities, and governmental agencies through direct sales to customers or through intermediaries. Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
FAQ
Is PESI financially healthy?
PERMA FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC's Piotroski F-score is 5/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the distress zone.
Does PESI pay a dividend?
No, PERMA FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC does not currently pay a dividend.
How profitable is PESI?
In FY2025, PERMA FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC had a net margin of -22.3% and a return on equity of -27.5%.
Is PESI overvalued or undervalued?
PERMA FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC trades at about 485.8× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 27.1×–197.5×, median 38.9×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for PESI?
The average Wall-Street price target for PERMA FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC is $17.00, about 12.5% below the recent price, from 1 analysts.
Is PESI a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on PERMA FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC: a Piotroski F-score of 5/9, an Altman Z″ in the distress zone. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.