ITRK vs. RTO, SRP, MTO, JSG, RWS, RST, FRAN, DWF, CPI, and KEYS
Should you be buying Intertek Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intertek Group include Rentokil Initial (RTO), Serco Group (SRP), Mitie Group (MTO), Johnson Service Group (JSG), RWS (RWS), Restore (RST), Franchise Brands (FRAN), DWF Group (DWF), Capita (CPI), and Keystone Law Group (KEYS). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Intertek Group (LON:ITRK) and Rentokil Initial (LON:RTO) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
73.1% of Intertek Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Rentokil Initial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Intertek Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Rentokil Initial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Intertek Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 112 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Rentokil Initial pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Intertek Group pays out 6,087.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.
Intertek Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 5,331, suggesting a potential upside of 10.01%. Rentokil Initial has a consensus price target of GBX 603.80, suggesting a potential upside of 46.12%. Given Rentokil Initial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Rentokil Initial is more favorable than Intertek Group.
Rentokil Initial has higher revenue and earnings than Intertek Group. Intertek Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rentokil Initial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Intertek Group has a net margin of 8.93% compared to Rentokil Initial's net margin of 7.09%. Intertek Group's return on equity of 23.76% beat Rentokil Initial's return on equity.
Rentokil Initial received 234 more outperform votes than Intertek Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.70% of users gave Rentokil Initial an outperform vote while only 48.64% of users gave Intertek Group an outperform vote.
Intertek Group has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rentokil Initial has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Intertek Group had 1 more articles in the media than Rentokil Initial. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Intertek Group and 0 mentions for Rentokil Initial. Intertek Group's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Rentokil Initial's score of 0.00 indicating that Intertek Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Intertek Group beats Rentokil Initial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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