Renewi (RWI) Competitors

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

Is BIFF or RWI more profitable?

Renewi has a net margin of 3.61% compared to Biffa's net margin of 0.00%. Renewi's return on equity of 10.04% beat Biffa's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Biffa	N/A	N/A	N/A
Renewi	3.61%	10.04%	3.01%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

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 14.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media favor BIFF or RWI?

In the previous week, Renewi had 1 more articles in the media than Biffa. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Renewi and 0 mentions for Biffa. Renewi's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Biffa's score of 0.00 indicating that Renewi is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Biffa	Neutral
Renewi	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BIFF or RWI?

74.7% of Renewi shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.9% of Renewi shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BIFF or RWI?

Renewi has lower revenue, but higher 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	£1.12B	0.74	£40.41M	£35.01	24.50

Do analysts prefer BIFF or RWI?

Renewi has a consensus target price of GBX 710, indicating a potential downside of 17.25%. Given Biffa's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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

Summary

Renewi beats Biffa on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.