NaaS Technology (NAAS) Competitors

Rent the Runway (NASDAQ:RENT) and NaaS Technology (NASDAQ:NAAS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer RENT or NAAS?

Rent the Runway presently has a consensus price target of $25.86, indicating a potential upside of 174.78%. Given Rent the Runway's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Rent the Runway is more favorable than NaaS Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rent the Runway	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
NaaS Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer RENT or NAAS?

In the previous week, Rent the Runway had 1 more articles in the media than NaaS Technology. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Rent the Runway and 1 mentions for NaaS Technology. NaaS Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Rent the Runway's score of 0.46 indicating that NaaS Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rent the Runway	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
NaaS Technology	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RENT or NAAS?

Rent the Runway received 284 more outperform votes than NaaS Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NaaS Technology an outperform vote while only 67.06% of users gave Rent the Runway an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rent the Runway	Outperform Votes 285 67.06%	Underperform Votes 140 32.94%
NaaS Technology	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is RENT or NAAS more profitable?

Rent the Runway has a net margin of -31.07% compared to NaaS Technology's net margin of -291.32%. Rent the Runway's return on equity of 0.00% beat NaaS Technology's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rent the Runway	-31.07%	N/A	-31.91%
NaaS Technology	-291.32%	-885.88%	-45.13%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in RENT or NAAS?

73.1% of Rent the Runway shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.8% of NaaS Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Rent the Runway shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of NaaS Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, RENT or NAAS?

Rent the Runway has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NaaS Technology. Rent the Runway is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NaaS Technology, 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
Rent the Runway	$302.20M	0.12	-$113.20M	-$26.22	-0.36
NaaS Technology	$423.23M	0.10	-$184.07M	-$14.23	-0.22

Which has more volatility & risk, RENT or NAAS?

Rent the Runway has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NaaS Technology has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Rent the Runway beats NaaS Technology on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.