Renold (RNO) Competitors

ITM Power (LON:ITM) and Renold (LON:RNO) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ITM or RNO?

Renold has higher revenue and earnings than ITM Power. ITM Power 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
ITM Power	£16.67M	11.60	-£27.50M	-£4.37	-7.10
Renold	£280.18M	0.41	£19.85M	£8.10	5.84

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ITM or RNO?

Renold received 169 more outperform votes than ITM Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.37% of users gave Renold an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave ITM Power an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ITM Power	Outperform Votes 176 66.67%	Underperform Votes 88 33.33%
Renold	Outperform Votes 345 81.37%	Underperform Votes 79 18.63%

Which has more risk and volatility, ITM or RNO?

ITM Power has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Renold has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ITM or RNO more profitable?

Renold has a net margin of 7.08% compared to ITM Power's net margin of -164.90%. Renold's return on equity of 32.63% beat ITM Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ITM Power	-164.90%	-9.97%	-5.81%
Renold	7.08%	32.63%	6.89%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ITM or RNO?

37.3% of ITM Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of Renold shares are held by institutional investors. 48.3% of ITM Power shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 37.8% of Renold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer ITM or RNO?

In the previous week, ITM Power and ITM Power both had 2 articles in the media. Renold's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat ITM Power's score of 0.48 indicating that Renold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ITM Power	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Renold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate ITM or RNO?

ITM Power presently has a consensus target price of GBX 69.75, suggesting a potential upside of 124.64%. Given ITM Power's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe ITM Power is more favorable than Renold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ITM Power	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Renold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Renold beats ITM Power on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.