Renewi (RWI) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BIFF or RWI?

Renewi has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Biffa	£1.44B	0.00	N/A	-£8.00	N/A
Renewi	£1.12B	0.75	£40.41M	£35.01	24.79

Do analysts recommend BIFF or RWI?

Renewi has a consensus price target of GBX 710, suggesting a potential downside of 18.20%. Given Biffa's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Biffa is more favorable than Renewi.

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

Is BIFF or RWI a better dividend stock?

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

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

74.7% of Renewi shares are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of Renewi shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is BIFF or RWI 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
Biffa	N/A	N/A	N/A
Renewi	3.61%	10.04%	3.01%

Does the media refer more to BIFF or RWI?

In the previous week, Biffa had 1 more articles in the media than Renewi. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Biffa and 0 mentions for Renewi. Biffa's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Renewi's score of 0.00 indicating that Biffa is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Biffa	Neutral
Renewi	Neutral

Summary

Renewi beats Biffa on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.