RTO vs. III, WPP, FOUR, HRI, LOOK, PAY, OCN, RSG, MXCT, and CSN
Should you be buying Rentokil Initial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rentokil Initial include 3i Group (III), WPP (WPP), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Herald (HRI), Lookers (LOOK), PayPoint (PAY), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Resolute Mining (RSG), MaxCyte (MXCT), and Chesnara (CSN). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Rentokil Initial vs.
3i Group (LON:III) and Rentokil Initial (LON:RTO) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.
3i Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,347.33, indicating a potential downside of 10.64%. Rentokil Initial has a consensus price target of GBX 516.25, indicating a potential upside of 33.64%. Given Rentokil Initial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rentokil Initial is more favorable than 3i Group.
3i Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Rentokil Initial. 3i Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rentokil Initial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
66.1% of 3i Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Rentokil Initial shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of 3i Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Rentokil Initial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Rentokil Initial had 5 more articles in the media than 3i Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Rentokil Initial and 1 mentions for 3i Group. 3i Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Rentokil Initial's score of -0.15 indicating that 3i Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
3i Group has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rentokil Initial has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Rentokil Initial pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 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. Rentokil Initial pays out 5,625.0% 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 has a net margin of 96.46% compared to Rentokil Initial's net margin of 7.25%. 3i Group's return on equity of 20.73% beat Rentokil Initial's return on equity.
Rentokil Initial received 189 more outperform votes than 3i Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.62% of users gave 3i Group an outperform vote while only 65.67% of users gave Rentokil Initial an outperform vote.
Summary
3i Group beats Rentokil Initial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:RTO) was last updated on 1/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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