RTO vs. RBA, GRAB, MORN, DOCU, TRU, GFL, CNM, IPG, GEN, and CLH Should you be buying Rentokil Initial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rentokil Initial include RB Global (RBA), Grab (GRAB), Morningstar (MORN), DocuSign (DOCU), TransUnion (TRU), GFL Environmental (GFL), Core & Main (CNM), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Gen Digital (GEN), and Clean Harbors (CLH). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Rentokil Initial (NYSE:RTO ) and RB Global (NYSE:RBA ) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, RB Global had 3 more articles in the media than Rentokil Initial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for RB Global and 1 mentions for Rentokil Initial. Rentokil Initial's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat RB Global's score of 1.13 indicating that Rentokil Initial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
9.9% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of RB Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of RB Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Rentokil Initial has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RB Global has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rentokil Initial has higher revenue and earnings than RB Global.
RB Global received 404 more outperform votes than Rentokil Initial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.27% of users gave RB Global an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Rentokil Initial an outperform vote.
Rentokil Initial pays an annual dividend of $0.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. RB Global pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. RB Global pays out 65.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Rentokil Initial currently has a consensus price target of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.19%. RB Global has a consensus price target of $83.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.71%. Given Rentokil Initial's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Rentokil Initial is more favorable than RB Global.
RB Global has a net margin of 8.08% compared to Rentokil Initial's net margin of 0.00%. RB Global's return on equity of 6.87% beat Rentokil Initial's return on equity.
Summary RB Global beats Rentokil Initial on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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