Renold (RNO) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of RNO or ITM?

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

Does the media favor RNO or ITM?

In the previous week, ITM Power had 6 more articles in the media than Renold. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ITM Power and 1 mentions for Renold. Renold's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat ITM Power's score of 0.43 indicating that Renold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has more risk & volatility, RNO or ITM?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RNO or ITM?

Renold received 166 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
Renold	Outperform Votes 342 81.24%	Underperform Votes 79 18.76%
ITM Power	Outperform Votes 176 66.67%	Underperform Votes 88 33.33%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, RNO or ITM?

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
Renold	£241.40M	0.43	£17.10M	£0.07	748.57
ITM Power	£16.51M	13.56	-£27.22M	-£0.04	-907.30

Do analysts rate RNO or ITM?

ITM Power has a consensus price target of GBX 69.75, indicating a potential upside of 92.19%. Given ITM Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ITM Power is more favorable than Renold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Renold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
ITM Power	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is RNO or ITM 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
Renold	7.08%	38.30%	6.89%
ITM Power	-164.90%	-9.65%	-5.81%

Summary

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