COST vs. RNWH, KIE, PTSG, GFRD, SFR, CTO, BILN, SMJ, VANL, and KINO
Should you be buying Costain Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Costain Group include Renew (RNWH), Kier Group (KIE), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), Galliford Try (GFRD), Severfield (SFR), TClarke (CTO), Billington (BILN), J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ), Van Elle (VANL), and Kinovo (KINO). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Renew (LON:RNWH) and Costain Group (LON:COST) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Renew has a net margin of 4.45% compared to Renew's net margin of 1.66%. Costain Group's return on equity of 27.90% beat Renew's return on equity.
Costain Group received 182 more outperform votes than Renew when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.18% of users gave Costain Group an outperform vote while only 73.56% of users gave Renew an outperform vote.
Renew has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Costain Group. Costain Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Renew, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Renew pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Costain Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Renew pays out 2,903.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Costain Group pays out 1,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Costain Group had 2 more articles in the media than Renew. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Costain Group and 1 mentions for Renew. Renew's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Costain Group's score of 0.48 indicating that Costain Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Renew currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,200, indicating a potential upside of 12.36%. Given Costain Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Renew is more favorable than Costain Group.
64.4% of Renew shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.0% of Costain Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Renew shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.6% of Costain Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Renew has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Costain Group has a beta of 2.4, indicating that its stock price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Renew beats Costain Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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