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Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT) Competitors

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GBX 4,823 -20.00 (-0.41%)
(As of 11:53 AM ET)

RKT vs. BNC, BARC, LLOY, NWG, COB, BUR, BCG, TRST, BOY, and DFS

Should you be buying Reckitt Benckiser Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reckitt Benckiser Group include Banco Santander (BNC), Barclays (BARC), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), NatWest Group (NWG), Cobham (COB), Burford Capital (BUR), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Trustpilot Group (TRST), Bodycote (BOY), and DFS Furniture (DFS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Reckitt Benckiser Group vs.

Banco Santander (LON:BNC) and Reckitt Benckiser Group (LON:RKT) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Banco Santander received 42 more outperform votes than Reckitt Benckiser Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 85.51% of users gave Reckitt Benckiser Group an outperform vote while only 64.74% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Banco SantanderOutperform Votes
101
64.74%
Underperform Votes
55
35.26%
Reckitt Benckiser GroupOutperform Votes
59
85.51%
Underperform Votes
10
14.49%

Banco Santander has a net margin of 25.18% compared to Reckitt Benckiser Group's net margin of 10.78%. Reckitt Benckiser Group's return on equity of 17.91% beat Banco Santander's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Banco Santander25.18% 12.61% 0.73%
Reckitt Benckiser Group 10.78%17.91%7.51%

Banco Santander has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reckitt Benckiser Group has a beta of 0.09, indicating that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Reckitt Benckiser Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 196 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Banco Santander pays out 2,881.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Reckitt Benckiser Group pays out 9,032.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Banco Santander is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Reckitt Benckiser Group has a consensus target price of GBX 4,788.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.72%. Given Reckitt Benckiser Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Reckitt Benckiser Group is more favorable than Banco Santander.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Banco Santander
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Reckitt Benckiser Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Reckitt Benckiser Group had 4 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Reckitt Benckiser Group and 0 mentions for Banco Santander. Reckitt Benckiser Group's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.00 indicating that Reckitt Benckiser Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Banco Santander Neutral
Reckitt Benckiser Group Neutral

32.0% of Banco Santander shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of Reckitt Benckiser Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Banco Santander shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Reckitt Benckiser Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Banco Santander has higher revenue and earnings than Reckitt Benckiser Group. Banco Santander is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reckitt Benckiser Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Banco Santander£47.24B1.22£11.32B£0.59634.75
Reckitt Benckiser Group£14.33B2.33£1.54B£2.172,222.58

Summary

Reckitt Benckiser Group beats Banco Santander on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RKT vs. The Competition

MetricReckitt Benckiser GroupHousehold & Personal Products IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£33.33B£9.55B£5.13B£1.40B
Dividend Yield4.17%2.65%3.17%11.74%
P/E Ratio2,222.58216.91211.871,558.04
Price / Sales2.331,372.89138,926.10311,012.94
Price / Cash32.7039.64124.9932.94
Price / Book4.182.912.982.85
Net Income£1.54B£549.17M£144.74M£152.80M
7 Day Performance-0.25%0.11%-0.76%18.96%
1 Month Performance0.84%-0.07%-0.25%18.69%
1 Year Performance-11.01%254.73%65.76%23.73%

Reckitt Benckiser Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RKT
Reckitt Benckiser Group
0.6656 of 5 stars
GBX 4,823
-0.4%
GBX 4,788.50
-0.7%
-11.0%£33.33B£14.33B2,222.5826,000
BNC
Banco Santander
N/AGBX 388.50
+0.4%
N/A+13.4%£59.67B£47.24B655.93206,500
BARC
Barclays
0.8249 of 5 stars
GBX 270.30
+0.3%
GBX 292
+8.0%
+80.4%£39.22B£23.25B1,039.6287,400Insider Trade
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
0.8761 of 5 stars
GBX 55.38
flat
GBX 55.50
+0.2%
N/A£33.93B£18.55B791.1459,400
NWG
NatWest Group
2.2679 of 5 stars
GBX 406.39
+0.0%
GBX 351
-13.6%
+80.5%£33.85B£13.75B862.7761,000
COB
Cobham
N/AGBX 164.50
flat
N/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
BUR
Burford Capital
1.7271 of 5 stars
GBX 1,073
+0.9%
GBX 1,600
+49.1%
+1.3%£2.35B£1.17B787.41140
BCG
Baltic Classifieds Group
0.4067 of 5 stars
GBX 322.50
+0.0%
GBX 297
-7.9%
+42.0%£1.55B£72.09M6,370.00130Insider Trade
News Coverage
TRST
Trustpilot Group
0.6854 of 5 stars
GBX 304.50
+3.3%
GBX 260
-14.6%
+111.1%£1.27B£191.59M9,816.67820News Coverage
Positive News
BOY
Bodycote
2.8653 of 5 stars
GBX 649
-2.0%
GBX 812.50
+25.2%
+6.2%£1.19B£781.40M1,978.794,833Gap Up
DFS
DFS Furniture
0.9992 of 5 stars
GBX 144
flat
GBX 120
-16.7%
N/A£337.16M£987.10M-7,140.6020,200

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