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3i Group (III) Competitors

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GBX 4,041.30 -71.71 (-1.74%)
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III vs. REL, RTO, WPP, FOUR, HRI, RSG, OCN, PAY, LOOK, and CSN

Should you be buying 3i Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 3i Group include Relx (REL), Rentokil Initial (RTO), WPP (WPP), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Herald (HRI), Resolute Mining (RSG), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), PayPoint (PAY), Lookers (LOOK), and Chesnara (CSN). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

3i Group vs. Its Competitors

Relx (LON:REL) and 3i Group (LON:III) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

55.5% of Relx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of 3i Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Relx shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of 3i Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Relx pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. 3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Relx pays out 59.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 3i Group pays out 15.4% 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.

Relx presently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,496, indicating a potential upside of 17.87%. 3i Group has a consensus price target of GBX 4,850, indicating a potential upside of 20.01%. Given 3i Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe 3i Group is more favorable than Relx.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Relx
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
3i Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Relx has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 3i Group has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, 3i Group had 2 more articles in the media than Relx. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for 3i Group and 6 mentions for Relx. 3i Group's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Relx's score of 0.71 indicating that 3i Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Relx
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
3i Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

3i Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Relx. 3i Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Relx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Relx£9.09B7.76£1.85B£100.1838.08
3i Group£3.97B9.83£3.83B£396.4810.19

3i Group has a net margin of 96.45% compared to Relx's net margin of 20.34%. Relx's return on equity of 56.71% beat 3i Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Relx20.34% 56.71% 11.74%
3i Group 96.45%19.97%12.09%

Summary

3i Group beats Relx on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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III vs. The Competition

Metric3i GroupAsset Management IndustryFinance SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£39.02B£1.30B£12.10B£3.06B
Dividend Yield1.60%4.39%5.65%5.02%
P/E Ratio10.1922.4718.48169.43
Price / Sales9.832,528.0926.05327,336.01
Price / Cash341.0360.7021.3127.97
Price / Book1.941.442.124.54
Net Income£3.83B£265.04M£1.00B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-3.26%0.14%-0.37%0.87%
1 Month Performance-0.02%14.63%0.12%11.86%
1 Year Performance39.74%9.10%544.32%76.46%

3i Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
III
3i Group
3.264 of 5 stars
GBX 4,041.30
-1.7%
GBX 4,850
+20.0%
+41.1%£39.02B£3.97B10.191,340
REL
Relx
1.6116 of 5 stars
GBX 3,909.74
-0.7%
GBX 4,496
+15.0%
+9.2%£72.30B£9.09B39.0335,700
RTO
Rentokil Initial
3.7202 of 5 stars
GBX 362.38
-2.3%
GBX 478.33
+32.0%
-23.2%£9.08B£5.38B23.2462,931Positive News
WPP
WPP
2.9403 of 5 stars
GBX 424
-2.1%
GBX 715
+68.6%
-43.8%£4.57B£14.89B22.40115,500Trending News
Gap Up
FOUR
4imprint Group
3.5509 of 5 stars
GBX 3,705
flat
GBX 7,365
+98.8%
-34.6%£1.31B£1.71B11.802,300
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,420
-0.4%
N/A+13.5%£1.22B£162.63M6.986,600
RSG
Resolute Mining
2.957 of 5 stars
GBX 30
-3.2%
GBX 45
+50.0%
-7.3%£799.30M£817.76M65.1640,000
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,285
-12.0%
N/A-10.2%£566.56M£647.52M9.1874,200News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PAY
PayPoint
N/AGBX 742.36
+0.2%
N/A+9.7%£531.61M£301.14M15.241,260Positive News
Dividend Increase
LOOK
Lookers
N/AN/AN/AN/A£503.22M£4.48B811.2538
CSN
Chesnara
1.8271 of 5 stars
GBX 259.50
-0.2%
GBX 320
+23.3%
+6.3%£394.85M£412.72M94.655,700

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This page (LON:III) was last updated on 8/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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