Renewi (RWI) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BIFF or RWI?

Renewi received 20 more outperform votes than Biffa when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.44% of users gave Biffa an outperform vote while only 68.90% of users gave Renewi an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Biffa	Outperform Votes 206 77.44%	Underperform Votes 60 22.56%
Renewi	Outperform Votes 226 68.90%	Underperform Votes 102 31.10%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BIFF or RWI?

Renewi has higher revenue and earnings than Biffa. Biffa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Renewi, 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
Biffa	£1.44B	0.00	N/A	-£8.00	N/A
Renewi	£1.69B	0.38	£42M	£0.45	1,786.67

Do analysts recommend BIFF or RWI?

Renewi has a consensus target price of GBX 710, suggesting a potential downside of 11.69%. Given Biffa's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Biffa is more favorable than Renewi.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Biffa	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Renewi	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is BIFF or RWI more profitable?

Biffa has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Renewi's net margin of -2.02%. Renewi's return on equity of 13.67% beat Biffa's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Biffa	N/A	N/A	N/A
Renewi	-2.02%	13.67%	3.01%

Does the media favor BIFF or RWI?

In the previous week, Biffa had 1 more articles in the media than Renewi. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Biffa and 0 mentions for Renewi. Biffa's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Renewi'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Biffa	Neutral
Renewi	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BIFF or RWI?

74.7% of Renewi shares are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of Renewi shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is BIFF or RWI a better dividend stock?

Biffa pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share. Renewi pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Biffa pays out -0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Renewi pays out 1,111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Renewi beats Biffa on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.