Alight (ALIT) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ALIT or RTO?

Alight received 44 more outperform votes than Rentokil Initial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.67% of users gave Alight an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave Rentokil Initial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alight	Outperform Votes 49 81.67%	Underperform Votes 11 18.33%
Rentokil Initial	Outperform Votes 5 35.71%	Underperform Votes 9 64.29%

Do institutionals & insiders 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ALIT or RTO more profitable?

Rentokil Initial has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Alight's net margin of -5.53%. Alight's return on equity of 5.42% beat Rentokil Initial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alight	-5.53%	5.42%	2.45%
Rentokil Initial	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is ALIT or RTO a better dividend stock?

Alight pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Rentokil Initial pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Alight pays out -53.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rentokil Initial pays out 43.7% 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.

Do analysts rate ALIT or RTO?

Alight presently has a consensus target price of $10.44, indicating a potential upside of 68.62%. Given Alight's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research 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)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Rentokil Initial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the media refer more to ALIT or RTO?

In the previous week, Alight had 8 more articles in the media than Rentokil Initial. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Alight and 5 mentions for Rentokil Initial. Rentokil Initial's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Alight's score of 0.62 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rentokil Initial	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very 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 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ALIT or RTO?

Rentokil Initial has higher revenue and earnings than Alight. Alight is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rentokil Initial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alight	$2.33B	1.44	-$157M	-$0.30	-20.63
Rentokil Initial	$5.44B	2.12	$473.93M	$1.51	15.09

Summary

Alight beats Rentokil Initial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.