RTO vs. III, WPP, FOUR, HRI, OCN, LOOK, RSG, PAY, 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), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Lookers (LOOK), Resolute Mining (RSG), PayPoint (PAY), MaxCyte (MXCT), and Chesnara (CSN). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Rentokil Initial vs.
Rentokil Initial (LON:RTO) and 3i Group (LON:III) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, 3i Group had 2 more articles in the media than Rentokil Initial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for 3i Group and 1 mentions for Rentokil Initial. 3i Group's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Rentokil Initial's score of 0.37 indicating that 3i Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rentokil Initial has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 3i Group has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
99.0% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of 3i Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Rentokil Initial 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Rentokil Initial presently has a consensus target price of GBX 516.25, suggesting a potential upside of 28.55%. 3i Group has a consensus target price of GBX 3,347.33, suggesting a potential downside of 18.42%. Given Rentokil Initial's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Rentokil Initial is more favorable than 3i Group.
3i Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Rentokil Initial pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Rentokil Initial pays out 57.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 3i Group pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
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.
3i Group has a net margin of 96.45% compared to Rentokil Initial's net margin of 7.25%. 3i Group's return on equity of 19.97% beat Rentokil Initial's return on equity.
Summary
3i Group beats Rentokil Initial on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:RTO) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
