Alight (ALIT) Competitors

Alight (NYSE:ALIT) and Rentokil Initial (NYSE:RTO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ALIT or RTO?

Rentokil Initial has higher revenue and earnings than Alight.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alight	$3.41B	1.10	-$345M	-$0.48	-14.39
Rentokil Initial	$6.68B	1.98	$473.93M	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ALIT or RTO?

96.7% of Alight shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of Rentokil Initial shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Alight shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor ALIT or RTO?

In the previous week, Alight had 9 more articles in the media than Rentokil Initial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Alight and 3 mentions for Rentokil Initial. Rentokil Initial's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Alight's score of 0.25 indicating that Rentokil Initial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alight	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Rentokil Initial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, ALIT or RTO?

Alight has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rentokil Initial has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ALIT or RTO more profitable?

Rentokil Initial has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Alight's net margin of -7.95%. Alight's return on equity of 5.61% beat Rentokil Initial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alight	-7.95%	5.61%	2.52%
Rentokil Initial	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ALIT or RTO?

Alight received 42 more outperform votes than Rentokil Initial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.70% of users gave Alight an outperform vote while only 30.77% of users gave Rentokil Initial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alight	Outperform Votes 46 80.70%	Underperform Votes 11 19.30%
Rentokil Initial	Outperform Votes 4 30.77%	Underperform Votes 9 69.23%

Do analysts rate ALIT or RTO?

Alight presently has a consensus target price of $10.61, indicating a potential upside of 53.67%. Given Alight's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Alight is more favorable than Rentokil Initial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alight	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Rentokil Initial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Summary

Alight beats Rentokil Initial on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.