REL vs. RTO, ITRK, SRP, MTO, JSG, RWS, RST, FRAN, DWF, and CPI
Should you be buying Relx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Relx include Rentokil Initial (RTO), Intertek Group (ITRK), Serco Group (SRP), Mitie Group (MTO), Johnson Service Group (JSG), RWS (RWS), Restore (RST), Franchise Brands (FRAN), DWF Group (DWF), and Capita (CPI). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Rentokil Initial (LON:RTO) and Relx (LON:REL) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Relx has a net margin of 19.44% compared to Relx's net margin of 7.09%. Rentokil Initial's return on equity of 49.72% beat Relx's return on equity.
89.6% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.7% of Relx shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Relx shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Relx had 3 more articles in the media than Rentokil Initial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Relx and 1 mentions for Rentokil Initial. Rentokil Initial's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Relx's score of 0.00 indicating that Relx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Relx has higher revenue and earnings than Rentokil Initial. Rentokil Initial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Relx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rentokil Initial pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Relx pays an annual dividend of GBX 59 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Rentokil Initial pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Relx pays out 6,276.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rentokil Initial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Relx received 33 more outperform votes than Rentokil Initial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.48% of users gave Relx an outperform vote while only 65.70% of users gave Rentokil Initial an outperform vote.
Rentokil Initial presently has a consensus target price of GBX 603.80, suggesting a potential upside of 48.43%. Relx has a consensus target price of GBX 3,327.50, suggesting a potential downside of 2.88%. Given Relx's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Rentokil Initial is more favorable than Relx.
Rentokil Initial has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Relx has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Relx beats Rentokil Initial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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