DXC Technology (DXC) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, RTO or DXC?

Rentokil Initial has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DXC Technology has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend RTO or DXC?

DXC Technology has a consensus price target of $21.29, indicating a potential upside of 24.11%. Given DXC Technology's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DXC Technology is more favorable than Rentokil Initial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rentokil Initial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
DXC Technology	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RTO or DXC?

DXC Technology received 406 more outperform votes than Rentokil Initial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.16% of users gave DXC Technology an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave Rentokil Initial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rentokil Initial	Outperform Votes 5 35.71%	Underperform Votes 9 64.29%
DXC Technology	Outperform Votes 411 61.16%	Underperform Votes 261 38.84%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, RTO or DXC?

Rentokil Initial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DXC Technology. DXC Technology 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
Rentokil Initial	$5.44B	2.12	$473.93M	$1.51	15.09
DXC Technology	$13.09B	0.24	$91M	-$0.42	-40.83

Does the media prefer RTO or DXC?

In the previous week, DXC Technology had 7 more articles in the media than Rentokil Initial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for DXC Technology and 5 mentions for Rentokil Initial. Rentokil Initial's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat DXC Technology's score of 1.03 indicating that Rentokil Initial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
DXC Technology	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RTO or DXC more profitable?

Rentokil Initial has a net margin of 0.00% compared to DXC Technology's net margin of -0.57%. DXC Technology's return on equity of 20.70% beat Rentokil Initial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rentokil Initial	N/A	N/A	N/A
DXC Technology	-0.57%	20.70%	4.87%

Is RTO or DXC a better dividend stock?

Rentokil Initial pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. DXC Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Rentokil Initial pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DXC Technology pays out -200.0% 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. DXC Technology is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in RTO or DXC?

9.9% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of DXC Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of DXC Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

DXC Technology beats Rentokil Initial on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.