Renewi (RWI) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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	1,777.78

Do analysts recommend BIFF or RWI?

Renewi has a consensus price target of GBX 710, suggesting a potential downside of 11.25%. Given Biffa's higher possible upside, equities 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

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%

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 0.67 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	Positive

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%

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 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.