Renewi (RWI) Competitors

Renewi (LON:RWI) and Biffa (LON:BIFF) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do analysts recommend RWI or BIFF?

Renewi currently has a consensus target price of GBX 710, suggesting a potential downside of 17.44%. Given Biffa's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Biffa is more favorable than Renewi.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Renewi	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Biffa	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is RWI or BIFF a better dividend stock?

Renewi pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Biffa pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share. Renewi pays out 14.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Biffa pays out -0.9% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RWI or BIFF?

Renewi received 20 more outperform votes than Biffa when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.44% of users gave Biffa an outperform vote while only 68.90% of users gave Renewi an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Renewi	Outperform Votes 226 68.90%	Underperform Votes 102 31.10%
Biffa	Outperform Votes 206 77.44%	Underperform Votes 60 22.56%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, RWI or BIFF?

Renewi has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Biffa. Biffa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Renewi, 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
Renewi	£1.12B	0.74	£40.41M	£35.01	24.56
Biffa	£1.44B	0.00	N/A	-£8.00	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in RWI or BIFF?

74.7% of Renewi shares are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of Renewi shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor RWI or BIFF?

In the previous week, Biffa had 3 more articles in the media than Renewi. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Biffa and 0 mentions for Renewi. Renewi's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Biffa's score of -0.30 indicating that Renewi is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Renewi	Neutral
Biffa	Neutral

Is RWI or BIFF more profitable?

Renewi has a net margin of 3.61% compared to Biffa's net margin of 0.00%. Renewi's return on equity of 10.04% beat Biffa's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Renewi	3.61%	10.04%	3.01%
Biffa	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Renewi beats Biffa on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.