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Capita (CPI) Competitors

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GBX 347.50 -4.50 (-1.28%)
As of 07/11/2025 11:49 AM Eastern

CPI vs. RTO, ITRK, SRP, MTO, JSG, RST, DWF, RWS, FRAN, and DLAR

Should you be buying Capita stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capita include Rentokil Initial (RTO), Intertek Group (ITRK), Serco Group (SRP), Mitie Group (MTO), Johnson Service Group (JSG), Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), RWS (RWS), Franchise Brands (FRAN), and De La Rue (DLAR). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.

Capita vs. Its Competitors

Rentokil Initial (LON:RTO) and Capita (LON:CPI) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Rentokil Initial pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Capita pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Rentokil Initial pays out 57.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capita pays out -1,325.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Capita is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Rentokil Initial has higher revenue and earnings than Capita. Capita is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rentokil Initial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Rentokil Initial£5.38B1.60£389.49M£15.5921.97
Capita£2.48B2.37-£40.73M-£2.41-143.92

Rentokil Initial currently has a consensus price target of GBX 488.33, indicating a potential upside of 42.58%. Capita has a consensus price target of GBX 1,302.50, indicating a potential upside of 274.82%. Given Capita's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Capita is more favorable than Rentokil Initial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Rentokil Initial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Capita
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

99.0% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Capita shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Capita shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Rentokil Initial has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capita has a beta of 1.95, suggesting that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Rentokil Initial has a net margin of 7.25% compared to Capita's net margin of -1.64%. Rentokil Initial's return on equity of 9.50% beat Capita's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Rentokil Initial7.25% 9.50% 4.11%
Capita -1.64%-28.00%1.57%

In the previous week, Capita had 1 more articles in the media than Rentokil Initial. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Capita and 0 mentions for Rentokil Initial. Capita's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Rentokil Initial's score of 0.00 indicating that Capita is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Rentokil Initial Neutral
Capita Neutral

Summary

Rentokil Initial beats Capita on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CPI vs. The Competition

MetricCapitaSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£5.87B£6.79B£7.59B£3.00B
Dividend Yield6.80%4.93%4.52%5.02%
P/E Ratio-143.9233.1425.12150.83
Price / Sales2.37141.78117.83314,599.97
Price / Cash1.0740.5427.4527.97
Price / Book34.437.964.414.59
Net Income-£40.73M£144.67M£791.63M£5.90B
7 Day Performance2.06%0.07%0.73%11.51%
1 Month Performance34.39%1.53%4.84%7.92%
1 Year Performance1,649.75%43.77%28.09%32.06%

Capita Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPI
Capita
2.9663 of 5 stars
GBX 347.50
-1.3%
GBX 1,302.50
+274.8%
+1,591.0%£5.87B£2.48B-143.9243,000
RTO
Rentokil Initial
4.3071 of 5 stars
GBX 353.20
+0.3%
GBX 488.33
+38.3%
-27.8%£8.85B£5.38B22.6562,931
ITRK
Intertek Group
2.8002 of 5 stars
GBX 4,693.85
-1.0%
GBX 5,466.67
+16.5%
+2.0%£7.54B£3.34B24.4643,908Analyst Forecast
SRP
Serco Group
N/AGBX 204.91
+1.4%
N/A+12.8%£2.08B£4.54B15.9650,000
MTO
Mitie Group
2.8292 of 5 stars
GBX 140.60
-0.6%
GBX 165
+17.4%
+14.9%£1.77B£4.80B14.6168,145
JSG
Johnson Service Group
3.0629 of 5 stars
GBX 157
+3.3%
GBX 200
+27.4%
-9.8%£651.47M£495.01M20.926,165News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
RST
Restore
3.4575 of 5 stars
GBX 262
-1.9%
GBX 390
+48.9%
-1.2%£351.81M£272.77M92.172,700
DWF
DWF Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340News Coverage
RWS
RWS
3.4562 of 5 stars
GBX 87.60
-1.1%
GBX 240
+174.0%
-55.2%£323.08M£707.82M-8.717,040Dividend Increase
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 150
+0.3%
N/A-8.3%£289.93M£120.55M37.66715
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 130
+0.4%
N/AN/A£251.69M£307.43M-12.541,841

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This page (LON:CPI) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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