Rainbow Rare Earths (RBW) Competitors

Rainbow Rare Earths (LON:RBW) and Kenmare Resources (LON:KMR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend RBW or KMR?

Rainbow Rare Earths presently has a consensus target price of GBX 29.50, indicating a potential upside of 136.00%. Kenmare Resources has a consensus target price of GBX 420, indicating a potential upside of 18.64%. Given Rainbow Rare Earths' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Rainbow Rare Earths is more favorable than Kenmare Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rainbow Rare Earths	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Kenmare Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is RBW or KMR more profitable?

Kenmare Resources has a net margin of 22.09% compared to Rainbow Rare Earths' net margin of 0.00%. Kenmare Resources' return on equity of 7.45% beat Rainbow Rare Earths' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rainbow Rare Earths	N/A	-84.18%	-12.54%
Kenmare Resources	22.09%	7.45%	5.47%

Does the media favor RBW or KMR?

In the previous week, Rainbow Rare Earths and Rainbow Rare Earths both had 2 articles in the media. Kenmare Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Rainbow Rare Earths' score of 0.54 indicating that Kenmare Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rainbow Rare Earths	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kenmare Resources	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, RBW or KMR?

Kenmare Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Rainbow Rare Earths. Rainbow Rare Earths is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kenmare Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rainbow Rare Earths	£112K	718.40	-£11.98M	-£0.02	-625.00
Kenmare Resources	£380.68M	0.83	£84.08M	£0.69	513.04

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of RBW or KMR?

0.5% of Rainbow Rare Earths shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.0% of Kenmare Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 42.0% of Rainbow Rare Earths shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of Kenmare Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, RBW or KMR?

Rainbow Rare Earths has a beta of 2.25, suggesting that its stock price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kenmare Resources has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RBW or KMR?

Kenmare Resources received 331 more outperform votes than Rainbow Rare Earths when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.92% of users gave Rainbow Rare Earths an outperform vote while only 71.83% of users gave Kenmare Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rainbow Rare Earths	Outperform Votes 105 72.92%	Underperform Votes 39 27.08%
Kenmare Resources	Outperform Votes 436 71.83%	Underperform Votes 171 28.17%

Summary

Kenmare Resources beats Rainbow Rare Earths on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.