Renold (RNO) Competitors

Renold (LON:RNO) and Morgan Advanced Materials (LON:MGAM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in RNO or MGAM?

50.1% of Renold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of Morgan Advanced Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 37.8% of Renold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Morgan Advanced Materials 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 RNO or MGAM a better dividend stock?

Renold pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Morgan Advanced Materials pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Renold pays out 12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morgan Advanced Materials pays out 49.4% 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 RNO or MGAM?

In the previous week, Renold and Renold both had 1 articles in the media. Renold's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Morgan Advanced Materials' score of 0.58 indicating that Renold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Renold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Morgan Advanced Materials	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, RNO or MGAM?

Renold has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Advanced Materials has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RNO or MGAM more profitable?

Renold has a net margin of 7.08% compared to Morgan Advanced Materials' net margin of 6.17%. Renold's return on equity of 32.63% beat Morgan Advanced Materials' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Renold	7.08%	32.63%	6.89%
Morgan Advanced Materials	6.17%	19.02%	8.24%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, RNO or MGAM?

Morgan Advanced Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Renold. Morgan Advanced Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Renold, 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
Renold	£280.18M	0.69	£19.85M	£8.10	9.95
Morgan Advanced Materials	£1.11B	0.57	£68.49M	£24.30	9.22

Do analysts rate RNO or MGAM?

Morgan Advanced Materials has a consensus target price of GBX 305, suggesting a potential upside of 36.16%. Given Morgan Advanced Materials' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Morgan Advanced Materials is more favorable than Renold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Renold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Morgan Advanced Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Morgan Advanced Materials beats Renold on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.