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.
Reckitt Benckiser Group (LON:RKT) and Banco Santander (LON:BNC) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation and dividends.
Reckitt Benckiser Group has a beta of 0.09, meaning that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Reckitt Benckiser Group and Reckitt Benckiser Group both had 3 articles in the media. Banco Santander's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Reckitt Benckiser Group's score of 0.25 indicating that Banco Santander is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
60.3% of Reckitt Benckiser Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Banco Santander shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Reckitt Benckiser Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Banco Santander shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Banco Santander has a net margin of 20.05% compared to Reckitt Benckiser Group's net margin of 10.78%. Reckitt Benckiser Group's return on equity of 18.70% beat Banco Santander's return on equity.
Reckitt Benckiser Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 196 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Reckitt Benckiser Group pays out 89.7% 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 pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Reckitt Benckiser Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,788.50, suggesting a potential downside of 9.07%. Given Reckitt Benckiser Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Reckitt Benckiser Group is more favorable than Banco Santander.
Summary
Reckitt Benckiser Group beats Banco Santander on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:RKT) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
