Renew (RNWH) Competitors

Renew (LON:RNWH) and Balfour Beatty (LON:BBY) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of RNWH or BBY?

60.2% of Renew shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Balfour Beatty shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Renew shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Balfour Beatty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is RNWH or BBY more profitable?

Renew has a net margin of 4.45% compared to Balfour Beatty's net margin of 2.85%. Renew's return on equity of 22.35% beat Balfour Beatty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Renew	4.45%	22.35%	9.20%
Balfour Beatty	2.85%	19.46%	1.63%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RNWH or BBY?

Balfour Beatty received 364 more outperform votes than Renew when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.77% of users gave Renew an outperform vote while only 65.52% of users gave Balfour Beatty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Renew	Outperform Votes 284 73.77%	Underperform Votes 101 26.23%
Balfour Beatty	Outperform Votes 648 65.52%	Underperform Votes 341 34.48%

Does the media refer more to RNWH or BBY?

In the previous week, Renew's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Balfour Beatty's score of 0.37 indicating that Renew is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Renew	Positive
Balfour Beatty	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, RNWH or BBY?

Balfour Beatty has higher revenue and earnings than Renew. Balfour Beatty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Renew, 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
Renew	£1.10B	0.61	£48.95M	£59.79	13.88
Balfour Beatty	£7.72B	0.34	£219.98M	£42.83	11.88

Do analysts rate RNWH or BBY?

Balfour Beatty has a consensus price target of GBX 542.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.58%. Given Balfour Beatty's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Balfour Beatty is more favorable than Renew.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Renew	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Balfour Beatty	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, RNWH or BBY?

Renew has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Balfour Beatty has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RNWH or BBY a better dividend stock?

Renew pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Balfour Beatty pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Renew pays out 30.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Balfour Beatty pays out 28.0% 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. Balfour Beatty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Renew beats Balfour Beatty on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.