III vs. REL, RTO, WPP, FOUR, HRI, RSG, PAY, LOOK, OCN, and CSN
Should you be buying 3i Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 3i Group include Relx (REL), Rentokil Initial (RTO), WPP (WPP), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Herald (HRI), Resolute Mining (RSG), PayPoint (PAY), Lookers (LOOK), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), and Chesnara (CSN). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
3i Group vs.
3i Group (LON:III) and Relx (LON:REL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
3i Group has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Relx has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, 3i Group had 2 more articles in the media than Relx. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for 3i Group and 3 mentions for Relx. Relx's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat 3i Group's score of 0.85 indicating that Relx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
3i Group has a net margin of 96.46% compared to Relx's net margin of 20.34%. Relx's return on equity of 59.12% beat 3i Group's return on equity.
3i Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Relx. 3i Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Relx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Relx pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. 3i Group pays out 1,536.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Relx pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 3i Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
3i Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,148, indicating a potential downside of 1.66%. Relx has a consensus price target of GBX 3,800, indicating a potential upside of 5.06%. Given Relx's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Relx is more favorable than 3i Group.
Relx received 220 more outperform votes than 3i Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.57% of users gave 3i Group an outperform vote while only 69.41% of users gave Relx an outperform vote.
66.1% of 3i Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of Relx shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of 3i Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Relx shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
3i Group beats Relx on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:III) was last updated on 11/5/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
