REL vs. BA, FERG, RR, EXPN, AHT, RTO, ITRK, SRP, MTO, and RWS
Should you be buying Relx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Relx include BAE Systems (BA), Ferguson (FERG), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR), Experian (EXPN), Ashtead Group (AHT), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Intertek Group (ITRK), Serco Group (SRP), Mitie Group (MTO), and RWS (RWS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Relx (LON:REL) and BAE Systems (LON:BA) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
BAE Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Relx. BAE Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Relx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
57.3% of Relx shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.5% of BAE Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Relx shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of BAE Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Relx had 9 more articles in the media than BAE Systems. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Relx and 5 mentions for BAE Systems. Relx's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat BAE Systems' score of 0.29 indicating that Relx is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Relx has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BAE Systems has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Relx has a net margin of 19.44% compared to BAE Systems' net margin of 8.05%. Relx's return on equity of 49.72% beat BAE Systems' return on equity.
Relx received 604 more outperform votes than BAE Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.00% of users gave BAE Systems an outperform vote while only 69.48% of users gave Relx an outperform vote.
Relx presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,327.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.05%. BAE Systems has a consensus target price of GBX 1,335, suggesting a potential downside of 0.37%. Given Relx's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Relx is more favorable than BAE Systems.
Relx pays an annual dividend of GBX 59 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. BAE Systems pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 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. BAE Systems pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BAE Systems is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Relx beats BAE Systems on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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