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Autohome (ATHM) Competitors

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$28.53 +1.28 (+4.70%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

ATHM vs. RTO, ALLE, WPP, CART, ULS, MEDP, STN, GLOB, HQY, and BILI

Should you be buying Autohome stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Autohome include Rentokil Initial (RTO), Allegion (ALLE), WPP (WPP), Maplebear (CART), UL Solutions (ULS), Medpace (MEDP), Stantec (STN), Globant (GLOB), HealthEquity (HQY), and Bilibili (BILI). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Autohome vs.

Rentokil Initial (NYSE:RTO) and Autohome (NYSE:ATHM) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Rentokil Initial pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Autohome pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Rentokil Initial pays out 25.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Autohome pays out 83.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

In the previous week, Rentokil Initial had 1 more articles in the media than Autohome. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Rentokil Initial and 2 mentions for Autohome. Autohome's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Rentokil Initial's score of 0.36 indicating that Autohome is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

9.9% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Autohome shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Autohome shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Autohome has a net margin of 24.36% compared to Rentokil Initial's net margin of 0.00%. Autohome's return on equity of 7.79% beat Rentokil Initial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Rentokil InitialN/A N/A N/A
Autohome 24.36%7.79%6.07%

Rentokil Initial has higher revenue and earnings than Autohome. Autohome 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
Rentokil Initial$5.41B2.40$473.93M$1.4317.97
Autohome$1.01B3.41$286.40M$2.0114.19

Rentokil Initial currently has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.84%. Autohome has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.86%. Given Rentokil Initial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Rentokil Initial is more favorable than Autohome.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Rentokil Initial
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Autohome
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Autohome received 351 more outperform votes than Rentokil Initial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.00% of users gave Autohome an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Rentokil Initial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Rentokil InitialOutperform Votes
3
25.00%
Underperform Votes
9
75.00%
AutohomeOutperform Votes
354
60.00%
Underperform Votes
236
40.00%

Rentokil Initial has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autohome has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Autohome beats Rentokil Initial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ATHM vs. The Competition

MetricAutohomeData processing & preparation IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.46B$4.34B$24.07B$19.87B
Dividend Yield6.09%3.08%2.79%3.53%
P/E Ratio14.1934.47258.4042.94
Price / Sales3.415.273,506.6818.99
Price / Cash10.6230.1632.8917.86
Price / Book1.096.177.415.52
Net Income$286.40M$42.17M$667.83M$986.45M
7 Day Performance5.51%-1.55%0.21%0.45%
1 Month Performance-5.22%3.18%0.76%1.05%
1 Year Performance4.62%7.83%18.79%24.67%

Autohome Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ATHM
Autohome
2.0193 of 5 stars
$28.53
+4.7%
$28.00
-1.9%
+2.5%$3.46B$1.01B14.195,511Analyst Downgrade
RTO
Rentokil Initial
2.0815 of 5 stars
$25.70
-1.2%
$29.00
+12.8%
-12.0%$13.14B$6.68B0.0062,900
ALLE
Allegion
4.2489 of 5 stars
$139.43
+0.9%
$144.60
+3.7%
+31.9%$12.12B$3.65B21.4212,400Analyst Revision
WPP
WPP
0.8386 of 5 stars
$51.41
-0.3%
N/A+15.7%$11.71B$18.46B0.00114,732Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
CART
Maplebear
4.4369 of 5 stars
$41.58
-2.8%
$47.29
+13.7%
+60.9%$10.68B$3.04B27.913,380Analyst Revision
ULS
UL Solutions
2.554 of 5 stars
$52.82
+2.1%
$49.00
-7.2%
N/A$10.35B$2.68B0.0015,233
MEDP
Medpace
4.7711 of 5 stars
$326.09
+3.5%
$380.00
+16.5%
+18.2%$9.79B$1.89B28.555,900
STN
Stantec
3.6362 of 5 stars
$84.13
+1.3%
N/A+19.3%$9.47B$4.80B38.2428,000
GLOB
Globant
4.0586 of 5 stars
$215.70
+3.4%
$229.06
+6.2%
+3.0%$9.29B$2.10B56.3229,150Analyst Forecast
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HQY
HealthEquity
3.672 of 5 stars
$102.96
+0.3%
$107.23
+4.1%
+54.3%$8.97B$999.59M85.803,150
BILI
Bilibili
2.2417 of 5 stars
$19.19
+3.6%
$19.69
+2.6%
+31.7%$7.95B$3.19B-20.868,801Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:ATHM) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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