Renewi (RWI) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer RWI or BIFF?

Renewi currently has a consensus price target of GBX 710, suggesting a potential downside of 17.06%. Given Biffa's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

Which has higher 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	0.74	£40.41M	£35.01	24.45
Biffa	£1.44B	0.00	N/A	-£8.00	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

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, Renewi had 2 more articles in the media than Biffa. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Renewi and 0 mentions for Biffa. Renewi's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Biffa's score of -1.14 indicating that Renewi is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Renewi	Neutral
Biffa	Negative

Summary

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