Renold (RNO) Competitors

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

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

37.3% of ITM Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of Renold shares are held by institutional investors. 48.3% of ITM Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.8% of Renold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable 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	£16.67M	10.39	-£27.50M	-£4.37	-6.36
Renold	£280.18M	0.36	£19.85M	£8.10	5.19

Do analysts prefer ITM or RNO?

ITM Power currently has a consensus target price of GBX 69.75, indicating a potential upside of 150.90%. Given ITM Power's higher possible upside, 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)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Renold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, ITM or RNO?

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

Does the media refer more to ITM or RNO?

In the previous week, ITM Power's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Renold's score of 0.00 indicating that ITM Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
ITM Power	Positive
Renold	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ITM or RNO?

Renold received 167 more outperform votes than ITM Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.28% 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 176 66.67%	Underperform Votes 88 33.33%
Renold	Outperform Votes 343 81.28%	Underperform Votes 79 18.72%

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 32.63% beat ITM Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ITM Power	-164.90%	-9.97%	-5.81%
Renold	7.08%	32.63%	6.89%

Summary

Renold beats ITM Power on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.