RNWH vs. BAB, BBY, HILS, MGNS, KLR, KIE, PTSG, GFRD, COST, and SFR
Should you be buying Renew stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Renew include Babcock International Group (BAB), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Hill & Smith (HILS), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Keller Group (KLR), Kier Group (KIE), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), Galliford Try (GFRD), Costain Group (COST), and Severfield (SFR). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Renew (LON:RNWH) and Babcock International Group (LON:BAB) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Renew has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Babcock International Group. Renew is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Babcock International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Renew has a net margin of 4.45% compared to Babcock International Group's net margin of 0.74%. Renew's return on equity of 27.90% beat Babcock International Group's return on equity.
Babcock International Group received 552 more outperform votes than Renew when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.07% of users gave Babcock International Group an outperform vote while only 73.56% of users gave Renew an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Babcock International Group had 1 more articles in the media than Renew. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Babcock International Group and 1 mentions for Renew. Renew's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Babcock International Group's score of 0.16 indicating that Renew is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Renew currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,200, suggesting a potential upside of 12.36%. Babcock International Group has a consensus target price of GBX 559.80, suggesting a potential downside of 1.01%. Given Renew's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Renew is more favorable than Babcock International Group.
64.4% of Renew shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of Babcock International Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Renew shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Babcock International Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Renew has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Babcock International Group has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Renew pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Babcock International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Renew pays out 2,903.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Babcock International Group pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Renew is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Renew beats Babcock International Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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