Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT) Competitors

Reckitt Benckiser Group (LON:RKT) and HSBC (LON:HSBA) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do analysts prefer RKT or HSBA?

Reckitt Benckiser Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,788.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.60%. HSBC has a consensus price target of GBX 795, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Reckitt Benckiser Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Reckitt Benckiser Group is more favorable than HSBC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Reckitt Benckiser Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is RKT or HSBA a better dividend stock?

Reckitt Benckiser Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 196 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of GBX 48 per share. 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. HSBC pays out 5,393.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RKT or HSBA?

HSBC received 922 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 50.23% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Reckitt Benckiser Group	Outperform Votes 59 85.51%	Underperform Votes 10 14.49%
HSBC	Outperform Votes 981 50.23%	Underperform Votes 972 49.77%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, RKT or HSBA?

HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Reckitt Benckiser Group. HSBC 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Reckitt Benckiser Group	£14.33B	2.30	£1.54B	£2.17	2,193.42
HSBC	£58.55B	0.00	£22.05B	£0.89	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of RKT or HSBA?

60.3% of Reckitt Benckiser Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Reckitt Benckiser Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of HSBC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to RKT or HSBA?

In the previous week, HSBC had 6 more articles in the media than Reckitt Benckiser Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for HSBC and 0 mentions for Reckitt Benckiser Group. Reckitt Benckiser Group's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat HSBC's score of 0.40 indicating that Reckitt Benckiser Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Reckitt Benckiser Group	Positive
HSBC	Neutral

Is RKT or HSBA more profitable?

HSBC has a net margin of 39.51% compared to Reckitt Benckiser Group's net margin of 10.78%. Reckitt Benckiser Group's return on equity of 17.91% beat HSBC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Reckitt Benckiser Group	10.78%	17.91%	7.51%
HSBC	39.51%	12.64%	0.80%

Which has more risk & volatility, RKT or HSBA?

Reckitt Benckiser Group has a beta of 0.09, meaning that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

HSBC beats Reckitt Benckiser Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.