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Relx (REL) Competitors

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GBX 3,727 +20.00 (+0.54%)
(As of 11:06 AM ET)

REL vs. III, RTO, WPP, FOUR, HRI, PAY, LOOK, OCN, RSG, and CSN

Should you be buying Relx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Relx include 3i Group (III), Rentokil Initial (RTO), WPP (WPP), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Herald (HRI), PayPoint (PAY), Lookers (LOOK), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Resolute Mining (RSG), and Chesnara (CSN). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Relx vs.

Relx (LON:REL) and 3i Group (LON:III) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and community ranking.

3i Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Relx£9.30B7.50£1.89B£1.003,750.30
3i Group£3.98B8.82£3.84B£3.97916.37

Relx presently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,025, suggesting a potential upside of 7.32%. 3i Group has a consensus target price of GBX 3,347.33, suggesting a potential downside of 7.99%. Given Relx's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Relx is more favorable than 3i Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Relx
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
3i Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Relx pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. 3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. 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 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. 3i Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Relx has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 3i Group has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Relx received 221 more outperform votes than 3i Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.57% of users gave 3i Group an outperform vote while only 69.44% of users gave Relx an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RelxOutperform Votes
643
69.44%
Underperform Votes
283
30.56%
3i GroupOutperform Votes
422
70.57%
Underperform Votes
176
29.43%

55.5% of Relx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of 3i Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Relx shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of 3i Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Relx and Relx both had 1 articles in the media. 3i Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Relx's score of 0.06 indicating that 3i Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Relx
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
3i Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Relx20.34% 59.12% 11.74%
3i Group 96.46%20.73%12.09%

Summary

3i Group beats Relx on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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REL vs. The Competition

MetricRelxSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£69.76B£6.52B£3.89B£1.40B
Dividend Yield1.63%5.08%4.39%11.72%
P/E Ratio3,750.301,013.40524.571,555.90
Price / Sales7.50126.65419.50326,268.63
Price / Cash440.5736.6828.4732.92
Price / Book21.803.763.992.85
Net Income£1.89B£173.53M£178.45M£152.61M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.77%-0.59%19.48%
1 Month Performance5.14%0.72%1.03%19.12%
1 Year Performance22.56%94.06%26.81%23.90%

Relx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
REL
Relx
0.8043 of 5 stars
GBX 3,727
+0.5%
GBX 4,025
+8.0%
+22.6%£69.32B£9.30B3,727.0035,700High Trading Volume
III
3i Group
1.078 of 5 stars
GBX 3,693.91
+1.3%
GBX 3,347.33
-9.4%
+54.0%£35.62B£3.98B918.391,340
RTO
Rentokil Initial
3.7854 of 5 stars
GBX 408.39
-1.2%
GBX 533.75
+30.7%
-5.1%£10.25B£5.41B2,584.4462,931Positive News
WPP
WPP
1.5281 of 5 stars
GBX 886.06
-0.8%
GBX 996.67
+12.5%
+14.1%£9.57B£14.85B4,703.16115,500
FOUR
4imprint Group
2.4222 of 5 stars
GBX 4,854.57
-0.1%
GBX 7,365
+51.7%
+3.6%£1.37B£1.36B2,096.982,300News Coverage
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,500
+0.2%
N/A+32.2%£1.32B£204.98M735.996,600
PAY
PayPoint
0.8587 of 5 stars
GBX 782
-1.3%
GBX 675
-13.7%
+59.8%£564.06M£297.90M1,595.921,260Gap Up
LOOK
Lookers
N/AGBX 129.80
flat
N/AN/A£503.22M£4.48B811.2538
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,310
flat
N/A+17.0%£463.22M£519.35M984.9674,200
RSG
Resolute Mining
2.0572 of 5 stars
GBX 19.50
-9.9%
GBX 39
+100.0%
-17.0%£415.35M£643.08M1,680.0040,000Gap Down
CSN
Chesnara
N/AGBX 257
flat
N/A-2.1%£387.94M£410.30M8,566.675,700Positive News

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This page (LON:REL) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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