Renold (RNO) Competitors

ITM Power (LON:ITM) and Renold (LON:RNO) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

Is ITM or RNO more profitable?

Renold has a net margin of 7.08% compared to ITM Power's net margin of -164.90%. Renold's return on equity of 38.30% beat ITM Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ITM Power	-164.90%	-9.65%	-5.81%
Renold	7.08%	38.30%	6.89%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ITM or RNO?

37.3% of ITM Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of Renold shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.3% of ITM Power shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 37.8% of Renold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, ITM or RNO?

ITM Power has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Renold has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ITM or RNO?

Renold has higher revenue and earnings than ITM Power. ITM Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Renold, 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
ITM Power	£16.51M	13.17	-£27.22M	-£0.04	-881.50
Renold	£241.40M	0.39	£17.10M	£0.07	685.71

Does the media prefer ITM or RNO?

In the previous week, ITM Power had 2 more articles in the media than Renold. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for ITM Power and 3 mentions for Renold. Renold's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat ITM Power's score of 1.13 indicating that Renold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ITM Power	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Renold	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ITM or RNO?

Renold received 168 more outperform votes than ITM Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.24% of users gave Renold an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave ITM Power an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ITM Power	Outperform Votes 174 66.67%	Underperform Votes 87 33.33%
Renold	Outperform Votes 342 81.24%	Underperform Votes 79 18.76%

Do analysts recommend ITM or RNO?

ITM Power presently has a consensus price target of GBX 74.50, indicating a potential upside of 111.29%. Given ITM Power's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ITM Power is more favorable than Renold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ITM Power	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Renold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Renold beats ITM Power on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.