RSW vs. SXS, JDG, SRT, QTX, SDI, ONDO, KMK, RMS, OTAQ, and NNN
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), Ondo InsurTech (ONDO), Kromek Group (KMK), Remote Monitored Systems (RMS), OTAQ (OTAQ), and nanosynth group (NNN). These companies are all part of the "scientific & technical instruments" industry.
Renishaw vs.
Spectris (LON:SXS) and Renishaw (LON:RSW) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
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.
Spectris has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Renishaw has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
76.6% of Spectris shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.0% of Renishaw shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Spectris shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 53.3% of Renishaw shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Spectris presently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,597.50, indicating a potential upside of 78.69%. Renishaw has a consensus price target of GBX 4,000, indicating a potential upside of 76.84%. Given Spectris' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Spectris is more favorable than Renishaw.
Spectris pays an annual dividend of GBX 81 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Renishaw pays an annual dividend of GBX 76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Spectris pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Renishaw pays out 56.5% 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 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.
In the previous week, Renishaw had 2 more articles in the media than Spectris. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Renishaw and 0 mentions for Spectris. Spectris' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Renishaw's score of -0.01 indicating that Spectris is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Spectris beats Renishaw on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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