RTO vs. ITRK, IAG, HLMA, MRO, SPX, SMIN, WEIR, DPLM, IMI, and EZJ
Should you be buying Rentokil Initial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rentokil Initial include Intertek Group (ITRK), International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), Halma (HLMA), Melrose Industries (MRO), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), Smiths Group (SMIN), The Weir Group (WEIR), Diploma (DPLM), IMI (IMI), and easyJet (EZJ). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Rentokil Initial (LON:RTO) and Intertek Group (LON:ITRK) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
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 1.05 beat Rentokil Initial's score of 0.00 indicating that Intertek Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rentokil Initial presently has a consensus target price of GBX 614, indicating a potential upside of 50.60%. Intertek Group has a consensus target price of GBX 4,959.17, indicating a potential upside of 0.06%. Given Rentokil Initial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rentokil Initial is more favorable than Intertek Group.
90.0% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.4% of Intertek Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Intertek Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Rentokil Initial pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Intertek Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 112 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 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 pays out 6,120.2% 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 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.
Rentokil Initial received 235 more outperform votes than Intertek Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.70% of users gave Rentokil Initial an outperform vote while only 48.57% of users gave Intertek Group an outperform vote.
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 has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intertek Group has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Rentokil Initial beats Intertek Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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