NaaS Technology (NAAS) Competitors

Rent the Runway (NASDAQ:RENT) and NaaS Technology (NASDAQ:NAAS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, RENT or NAAS?

Rent the Runway has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NaaS Technology. Rent the Runway is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NaaS Technology, 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
Rent the Runway	$300.80M	0.08	-$113.20M	-$19.13	-0.30
NaaS Technology	$303.44M	0.03	-$184.07M	-$39.64	-0.03

Do analysts rate RENT or NAAS?

Rent the Runway presently has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 469.95%. Given Rent the Runway's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Rent the Runway is more favorable than NaaS Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rent the Runway	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
NaaS Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to RENT or NAAS?

In the previous week, Rent the Runway had 8 more articles in the media than NaaS Technology. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Rent the Runway and 2 mentions for NaaS Technology. Rent the Runway's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat NaaS Technology's score of 0.51 indicating that Rent the Runway is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rent the Runway	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NaaS Technology	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RENT or NAAS?

Rent the Runway received 285 more outperform votes than NaaS Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NaaS Technology an outperform vote while only 66.51% of users gave Rent the Runway an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rent the Runway	Outperform Votes 286 66.51%	Underperform Votes 144 33.49%
NaaS Technology	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has more risk & volatility, RENT or NAAS?

Rent the Runway has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NaaS Technology has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RENT or NAAS more profitable?

Rent the Runway has a net margin of -26.60% compared to NaaS Technology's net margin of -292.81%.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rent the Runway	-26.60%	N/A	-28.93%
NaaS Technology	-292.81%	N/A	-34.55%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of RENT or NAAS?

73.1% of Rent the Runway shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.8% of NaaS Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Rent the Runway shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of NaaS Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Rent the Runway beats NaaS Technology on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.