DXC Technology (DXC) Competitors

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

Is RTO or DXC more profitable?

DXC Technology has a net margin of 0.18% compared to Rentokil Initial's net margin of 0.00%. DXC Technology's return on equity of 20.42% 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	0.18%	20.42%	4.69%

Do analysts rate RTO or DXC?

Rentokil Initial currently has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.84%. DXC Technology has a consensus price target of $20.89, suggesting a potential downside of 1.33%. Given Rentokil Initial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Rentokil Initial is more favorable than DXC Technology.

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
DXC Technology	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.78

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership 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 company 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, RTO or DXC?

Rentokil Initial has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DXC Technology has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, RTO or DXC?

Rentokil Initial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DXC Technology. Rentokil Initial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DXC Technology, 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	$5.41B	2.40	$473.93M	$1.43	17.97
DXC Technology	$13.67B	0.28	$91M	$0.08	264.66

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RTO or DXC?

DXC Technology received 408 more outperform votes than Rentokil Initial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.25% of users gave DXC Technology an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Rentokil Initial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rentokil Initial	Outperform Votes 3 25.00%	Underperform Votes 9 75.00%
DXC Technology	Outperform Votes 411 61.25%	Underperform Votes 260 38.75%

Does the media refer more to RTO or DXC?

In the previous week, DXC Technology had 5 more articles in the media than Rentokil Initial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for DXC Technology and 4 mentions for Rentokil Initial. DXC Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Rentokil Initial's score of 0.11 indicating that DXC Technology 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)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
DXC Technology	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

DXC Technology beats Rentokil Initial on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.