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Rentokil Initial (RTO) Competitors

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GBX 404.70 -0.50 (-0.12%)
(As of 11:06 AM ET)

RTO vs. III, WPP, FOUR, HRI, PAY, LOOK, OCN, RSG, CSN, and MXCT

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), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Resolute Mining (RSG), Chesnara (CSN), and MaxCyte (MXCT). 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

3i Group has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rentokil Initial has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

3i Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,347.33, indicating a potential downside of 7.46%. Rentokil Initial has a consensus target price of GBX 533.75, indicating a potential upside of 31.73%. Given Rentokil Initial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rentokil Initial is more favorable than 3i Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
3i Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Rentokil Initial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. 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.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
3i Group96.46% 20.73% 12.09%
Rentokil Initial 7.25%9.66%4.11%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
3i GroupOutperform Votes
422
70.57%
Underperform Votes
176
29.43%
Rentokil InitialOutperform Votes
612
65.74%
Underperform Votes
319
34.26%

66.1% of 3i Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of 3i Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Rentokil Initial had 3 more articles in the media than 3i Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Rentokil Initial and 1 mentions for 3i Group. Rentokil Initial's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat 3i Group's score of 0.75 indicating that Rentokil Initial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
3i Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Rentokil Initial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
3i Group£3.98B8.76£3.84B£3.97911.08
Rentokil Initial£5.41B1.88£392M£0.162,532.50

Summary

3i Group beats Rentokil Initial on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RTO vs. The Competition

MetricRentokil InitialSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£10.17B£6.87B£4.16B£1.41B
Dividend Yield2.50%5.12%4.24%12.25%
P/E Ratio2,532.50963.46462.071,601.85
Price / Sales1.88125.80438.57316,432.38
Price / Cash4.1938.2230.3634.47
Price / Book2.463.514.182.99
Net Income£392M£184.42M£190.05M£120.74M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.83%-0.62%22.57%
1 Month Performance0.27%0.76%1.07%21.62%
1 Year Performance-5.50%95.26%26.03%27.17%

Rentokil Initial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RTO
Rentokil Initial
3.7854 of 5 stars
GBX 404.70
-0.1%
GBX 533.75
+31.9%
-5.1%£10.16B£5.41B2,529.3862,931Positive News
High Trading Volume
III
3i Group
1.078 of 5 stars
GBX 3,693.91
+1.3%
GBX 3,347.33
-9.4%
+54.0%£35.62B£3.98B918.391,340
WPP
WPP
1.5281 of 5 stars
GBX 886.06
-0.8%
GBX 996.67
+12.5%
+14.1%£9.57B£14.85B4,703.16115,500
FOUR
4imprint Group
2.4222 of 5 stars
GBX 4,854.57
-0.1%
GBX 7,365
+51.7%
+3.6%£1.37B£1.36B2,096.982,300News Coverage
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,500
+0.2%
N/A+32.2%£1.32B£204.98M735.996,600
PAY
PayPoint
0.8587 of 5 stars
GBX 782
-1.3%
GBX 675
-13.7%
+59.8%£564.06M£297.90M1,595.921,260Gap Up
LOOK
Lookers
N/AGBX 129.80
flat
N/AN/A£503.22M£4.48B811.2538
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,310
flat
N/A+17.0%£463.22M£519.35M984.9674,200
RSG
Resolute Mining
2.0572 of 5 stars
GBX 19.50
-9.9%
GBX 39
+100.0%
-17.0%£415.35M£643.08M1,680.0040,000Gap Down
CSN
Chesnara
N/AGBX 257
flat
N/A-2.1%£387.94M£410.30M8,566.675,700Positive News
MXCT
MaxCyte
N/AGBX 336.25
+0.1%
N/A-8.5%£353.37M£45.44M-1,293.2780Gap Up

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This page (LON:RTO) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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