Renewi (RWI) Competitors

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

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

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

Which has better valuation and earnings, RWI or BIFF?

Renewi has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Renewi	£1.12B	0.73	£40.41M	£35.01	24.30
Biffa	£1.44B	0.00	N/A	-£8.00	N/A

Is RWI or BIFF 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
Renewi	3.61%	10.04%	3.01%
Biffa	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RWI or BIFF?

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

Does the media refer more to RWI or BIFF?

In the previous week, Biffa had 3 more articles in the media than Renewi. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Biffa and 1 mentions for Renewi. Biffa's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat Renewi's score of 0.00 indicating that Biffa is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Renewi	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Biffa	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate RWI or BIFF?

Renewi presently has a consensus target price of GBX 710, indicating a potential downside of 16.57%. Given Biffa's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Biffa is more favorable than Renewi.

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

Is RWI or BIFF a better dividend stock?

Renewi pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Biffa pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share. Renewi pays out 14.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Biffa pays out -0.9% 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.

Summary

Renewi beats Biffa on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.