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Renishaw (RSW) Competitors

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GBX 2,600 -20.00 (-0.76%)
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RSW vs. SXS, JDG, SRT, QTX, SDI, KMK, ONDO, RMS, TRAK, and OTAQ

Should you be buying Renishaw stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Renishaw include Spectris (SXS), Judges Scientific (JDG), SRT Marine Systems (SRT), Quartix Technologies (QTX), SDI Group (SDI), Kromek Group (KMK), Ondo InsurTech (ONDO), Remote Monitored Systems (RMS), Trakm8 (TRAK), and OTAQ (OTAQ). These companies are all part of the "scientific & technical instruments" industry.

Renishaw vs.

Renishaw (LON:RSW) and Spectris (LON:SXS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.

Renishaw pays an annual dividend of GBX 76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Spectris pays an annual dividend of GBX 81 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Renishaw pays out 56.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Spectris pays out 30.0% 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. Spectris is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Spectris has a net margin of 20.44% compared to Renishaw's net margin of 14.02%. Spectris' return on equity of 20.13% beat Renishaw's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Renishaw14.02% 10.94% 6.85%
Spectris 20.44%20.13%5.42%

42.0% of Renishaw shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.6% of Spectris shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.3% of Renishaw shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Spectris shares are owned 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.

Renishaw has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spectris has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Spectris has higher revenue and earnings than Renishaw. Spectris is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Renishaw, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Renishaw£684.93M2.74£96.00M£134.6019.32
Spectris£1.33B1.50£270.93M£269.997.39

In the previous week, Spectris' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Renishaw's score of 0.00 indicating that Spectris is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Renishaw Neutral
Spectris Positive

Spectris received 310 more outperform votes than Renishaw when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.02% of users gave Spectris an outperform vote while only 55.05% of users gave Renishaw an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RenishawOutperform Votes
218
55.05%
Underperform Votes
178
44.95%
SpectrisOutperform Votes
528
65.02%
Underperform Votes
284
34.98%

Renishaw presently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,000, suggesting a potential upside of 53.85%. Spectris has a consensus target price of GBX 3,380, suggesting a potential upside of 69.50%. Given Spectris' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Spectris is more favorable than Renishaw.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Renishaw
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Spectris
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Spectris beats Renishaw on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RSW vs. The Competition

MetricRenishawScientific & Technical Instruments IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.87B£413.69M£25.05B£2.62B
Dividend Yield2.37%2.78%2.89%5.05%
P/E Ratio19.3295.0144.38129.34
Price / Sales2.74241.042,068.55221,585.85
Price / Cash10.7121.1034.7828.03
Price / Book2.093.826.703.79
Net Income£96.00M£31.06M£739.31M£5.88B
7 Day Performance-5.45%-0.55%-0.32%0.62%
1 Month Performance21.21%20.08%13.46%22.12%
1 Year Performance-35.48%19.42%52,670.39%120.95%

Renishaw Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RSW
Renishaw
N/AGBX 2,600
-0.8%
GBX 4,000
+53.8%
-34.4%£1.87B£684.93M19.325,166
SXS
Spectris
3.4759 of 5 stars
GBX 2,197.35
+0.2%
GBX 3,380
+53.8%
-37.1%£2.19B£1.33B8.147,266Positive News
JDG
Judges Scientific
3.1447 of 5 stars
GBX 7,850
+4.1%
£114.15
+45.4%
-22.2%£515.37M£134.28M34.51682Gap Down
SRT
SRT Marine Systems
N/AGBX 62.40
-1.7%
N/A+176.3%£156.58M£42.30M1,630.9290
QTX
Quartix Technologies
N/AGBX 246.20
-1.9%
N/A+85.7%£119.14M£31.37M-154.90187News Coverage
SDI
SDI Group
N/AGBX 60
+2.4%
N/A+4.3%£61.69M£64.90M14.55500Gap Up
KMK
Kromek Group
N/AGBX 5.83
-2.0%
N/A-16.5%£37.29M£20.85M-10.51166
ONDO
Ondo InsurTech
N/AGBX 27
flat
N/A+72.6%£33.41M£3.06M-9.1024
RMS
Remote Monitored Systems
N/AN/AN/AN/A£17.46M£104,309.00-4.2013News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TRAK
Trakm8
N/AGBX 8.71
-0.5%
N/A-2.2%£4.89M£18.10M-4.04233Gap Up
OTAQ
OTAQ
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.04M£4.29M-1.1942Gap Down

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This page (LON:RSW) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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