RNWH vs. BAB, BBY, HILS, MGNS, KLR, KIE, GFRD, PTSG, SFR, and COST
Should you be buying Renew stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Renew include Babcock International Group (BAB), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Hill & Smith (HILS), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Keller Group (KLR), Kier Group (KIE), Galliford Try (GFRD), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), Severfield (SFR), and Costain Group (COST). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Babcock International Group (LON:BAB) and Renew (LON:RNWH) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, Babcock International Group had 2 more articles in the media than Renew. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Babcock International Group and 2 mentions for Renew. Babcock International Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Renew's score of 0.38 indicating that Renew is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Babcock International Group received 551 more outperform votes than Renew when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.03% of users gave Babcock International Group an outperform vote while only 73.70% of users gave Renew an outperform vote.
75.7% of Babcock International Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of Renew shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Babcock International Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Renew shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Babcock International Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 570.80, indicating a potential upside of 7.70%. Renew has a consensus price target of GBX 1,250, indicating a potential upside of 15.96%. Given Babcock International Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Renew is more favorable than Babcock International Group.
Babcock International Group has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Renew has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Renew has a net margin of 4.45% compared to Renew's net margin of 0.74%. Babcock International Group's return on equity of 27.90% beat Renew's return on equity.
Renew has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Babcock International Group. Renew is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Babcock International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Babcock International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Renew pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Babcock International Group pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Renew pays out 2,903.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Renew is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Renew beats Babcock International Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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