III vs. REL, RTO, WPP, FOUR, HRI, RSG, LOOK, PAY, OCN, 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), Lookers (LOOK), PayPoint (PAY), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), and Chesnara (CSN). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Relx (LON:REL) and 3i Group (LON:III) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Relx has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 3i Group has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Relx currently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,486.67, indicating a potential downside of 4.63%. 3i Group has a consensus target price of GBX 3,148, indicating a potential downside of 1.47%. Given 3i Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe 3i Group is more favorable than Relx.
3i Group has a net margin of 96.46% compared to Relx's net margin of 20.34%. Relx's return on equity of 59.12% beat 3i Group's return on equity.
Relx received 220 more outperform votes than 3i Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.57% of users gave 3i Group an outperform vote while only 69.41% of users gave Relx an outperform vote.
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 1.9%. Relx 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. 3i Group pays out 1,536.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 3i Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
56.3% of Relx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Relx had 5 more articles in the media than 3i Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Relx and 1 mentions for 3i Group. 3i Group's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Relx's score of 0.41 indicating that 3i Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
3i Group beats Relx on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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