RTO vs. NU, PLTR, CPRT, PAYX, WCN, FIS, SQ, VRSK, IT, and EFX
Should you be buying Rentokil Initial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rentokil Initial include NU (NU), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Copart (CPRT), Paychex (PAYX), Waste Connections (WCN), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Block (SQ), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Gartner (IT), and Equifax (EFX). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
NU (NYSE:NU) and Rentokil Initial (NYSE:RTO) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.
NU received 24 more outperform votes than Rentokil Initial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.06% of users gave NU an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Rentokil Initial an outperform vote.
NU has higher revenue and earnings than Rentokil Initial.
NU currently has a consensus target price of $10.74, indicating a potential downside of 8.69%. Rentokil Initial has a consensus target price of $29.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.03%. Given NU's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rentokil Initial is more favorable than NU.
In the previous week, Rentokil Initial had 1 more articles in the media than NU. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Rentokil Initial and 11 mentions for NU. Rentokil Initial's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat NU's score of 1.09 indicating that NU is being referred to more favorably in the media.
80.9% of NU shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of NU shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NU has a net margin of 13.86% compared to NU's net margin of 0.00%. Rentokil Initial's return on equity of 22.94% beat NU's return on equity.
NU has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rentokil Initial has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
NU beats Rentokil Initial on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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