RTO vs. III, WPP, FOUR, HRI, PAY, LOOK, RSG, OCN, CSN, and TRMR
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), PayPoint (PAY), Lookers (LOOK), Resolute Mining (RSG), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Chesnara (CSN), and Tremor International (TRMR). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Rentokil Initial vs.
3i Group (LON:III) and Rentokil Initial (LON:RTO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.
Rentokil Initial received 190 more outperform votes than 3i Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.57% of users gave 3i Group an outperform vote while only 65.74% of users gave Rentokil Initial an outperform vote.
3i Group has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rentokil Initial has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Rentokil Initial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
3i Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,148, suggesting a potential downside of 8.11%. Rentokil Initial has a consensus target price of GBX 533.75, suggesting a potential upside of 33.42%. Given Rentokil Initial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rentokil Initial is more favorable than 3i Group.
In the previous week, 3i Group had 7 more articles in the media than Rentokil Initial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for 3i Group and 1 mentions for Rentokil Initial. 3i Group's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Rentokil Initial's score of 0.00 indicating that 3i Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Rentokil Initial pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 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.
Summary
3i Group beats Rentokil Initial on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:RTO) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
