TriNet Group (TNET) Competitors

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

Is RTO or TNET a better dividend stock?

Rentokil Initial pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. TriNet Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. TriNet Group pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in RTO or TNET?

9.9% of Rentokil Initial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of TriNet Group shares are held by institutional investors. 37.1% of TriNet Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend RTO or TNET?

TriNet Group has a consensus target price of $105.67, indicating a potential upside of 58.76%. Given TriNet Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TriNet Group 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
TriNet Group	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Does the media favor RTO or TNET?

In the previous week, TriNet Group had 7 more articles in the media than Rentokil Initial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for TriNet Group and 3 mentions for Rentokil Initial. Rentokil Initial's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat TriNet Group's score of -0.14 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TriNet Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is RTO or TNET more profitable?

TriNet Group has a net margin of 3.46% compared to Rentokil Initial's net margin of 0.00%. TriNet Group's return on equity of 200.82% beat Rentokil Initial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rentokil Initial	N/A	N/A	N/A
TriNet Group	3.46%	200.82%	5.71%

Which has better valuation and earnings, RTO or TNET?

Rentokil Initial has higher revenue and earnings than TriNet Group.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rentokil Initial	$6.68B	1.91	$473.93M	N/A	N/A
TriNet Group	$5.05B	0.65	$173M	$3.42	19.46

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RTO or TNET?

TriNet Group received 354 more outperform votes than Rentokil Initial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave TriNet Group an outperform vote while only 30.77% of users gave Rentokil Initial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rentokil Initial	Outperform Votes 4 30.77%	Underperform Votes 9 69.23%
TriNet Group	Outperform Votes 358 66.67%	Underperform Votes 179 33.33%

Which has more risk & volatility, RTO or TNET?

Rentokil Initial has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriNet Group has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

TriNet Group beats Rentokil Initial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.