Renold (RNO) Competitors

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

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 38.30% beat ITM Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ITM Power	-164.90%	-9.65%	-5.81%
Renold	7.08%	38.30%	6.89%

Do analysts recommend ITM or RNO?

ITM Power currently has a consensus target price of GBX 74.50, indicating a potential upside of 54.24%. Given ITM Power's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Renold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to ITM or RNO?

In the previous week, ITM Power had 6 more articles in the media than Renold. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for ITM Power and 2 mentions for Renold. Renold's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat ITM Power's score of 0.17 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Renold	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, ITM or RNO?

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ITM or RNO?

Renold received 168 more outperform votes than ITM Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.24% 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 174 66.67%	Underperform Votes 87 33.33%
Renold	Outperform Votes 342 81.24%	Underperform Votes 79 18.76%

Which has better 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	£16.51M	18.04	-£27.22M	-£0.04	-1,207.53
Renold	£241.40M	0.43	£17.10M	£0.07	757.14

Summary

Renold beats ITM Power on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.