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3i Group (III) Competitors

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GBX 4,054 +25.00 (+0.62%)
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III vs. REL, RTO, WPP, FOUR, HRI, RSG, OCN, LOOK, PAY, 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), Lookers (LOOK), PayPoint (PAY), and Chesnara (CSN). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

3i Group vs.

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

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£9.09B8.40£1.85B£100.1841.22
3i Group£3.97B9.86£3.83B£396.4810.23

Relx currently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,770, suggesting a potential upside of 15.52%. 3i Group has a consensus price target of GBX 4,021, suggesting a potential downside of 0.81%. Given Relx's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Relx is more favorable than 3i Group.

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)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Relx pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. 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. 3i Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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%

Relx received 221 more outperform votes than 3i Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.67% of users gave 3i Group an outperform vote while only 69.50% of users gave Relx an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RelxOutperform Votes
645
69.50%
Underperform Votes
283
30.50%
3i GroupOutperform Votes
424
70.67%
Underperform Votes
176
29.33%

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

55.5% of Relx shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of 3i Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Relx shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of 3i Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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. Relx's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat 3i Group's score of 0.73 indicating that Relx is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

3i Group beats Relx on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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III vs. The Competition

Metric3i GroupAsset Management IndustryFinance SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£39.14B£1.20B£11.50B£2.68B
Dividend Yield1.60%4.41%5.45%5.05%
P/E Ratio10.2321.7622.48134.32
Price / Sales9.862,409.5227.28203,702.45
Price / Cash341.0360.4617.6228.02
Price / Book1.941.152.793.79
Net Income£3.83B£263.32M£1.04B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-3.41%14.01%0.34%7.78%
1 Month Performance-1.46%18.69%8.69%29.45%
1 Year Performance36.96%2.21%537.74%119.74%

3i Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
III
3i Group
2.1665 of 5 stars
GBX 4,054
+0.6%
GBX 4,021
-0.8%
+35.9%£39.14B£3.97B10.231,340Earnings Report
REL
Relx
2.0774 of 5 stars
GBX 3,913
-2.9%
GBX 4,770
+21.9%
+18.4%£72.36B£9.09B39.0635,700
RTO
Rentokil Initial
3.426 of 5 stars
GBX 348.50
-0.4%
GBX 488.33
+40.1%
-17.1%£8.73B£5.38B22.3562,931
WPP
WPP
2.2406 of 5 stars
GBX 605.40
+2.2%
GBX 955
+57.7%
-28.2%£6.52B£14.89B31.98115,500
FOUR
4imprint Group
3.7335 of 5 stars
GBX 3,495
+12.0%
GBX 7,365
+110.7%
-44.2%£1.24B£1.71B11.132,300News Coverage
Gap Down
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,135
+2.2%
N/A+0.0%£1.08B£162.63M6.166,600News Coverage
Positive News
RSG
Resolute Mining
2.3951 of 5 stars
GBX 27.70
-4.2%
GBX 38
+37.2%
+8.5%£738.02M£817.76M60.1740,000Gap Up
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,350
+1.5%
N/A+0.4%£595.22M£647.52M9.6574,200
LOOK
Lookers
N/AN/AN/AN/A£503.22M£4.48B811.2538News Coverage
PAY
PayPoint
N/AGBX 688
+1.0%
N/A+21.7%£492.68M£301.14M14.131,260Dividend Increase
CSN
Chesnara
N/AGBX 275.50
+0.5%
N/A+14.7%£419.19M£412.72M100.485,700News Coverage

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This page (LON:III) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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