ITRK vs. RTO, CPI, MTO, SRP, JSG, DWF, RST, RWS, FRAN, and DLAR
Should you be buying Intertek Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intertek Group include Rentokil Initial (RTO), Capita (CPI), Mitie Group (MTO), Serco Group (SRP), Johnson Service Group (JSG), DWF Group (DWF), Restore (RST), RWS (RWS), Franchise Brands (FRAN), and De La Rue (DLAR). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Intertek Group vs.
Intertek Group (LON:ITRK) and Rentokil Initial (LON:RTO) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Intertek Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 5,566.67, suggesting a potential upside of 16.12%. Rentokil Initial has a consensus price target of GBX 488.33, suggesting a potential upside of 40.61%. Given Rentokil Initial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rentokil Initial is more favorable than Intertek Group.
71.6% of Intertek Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Intertek Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Intertek Group has a net margin of 9.19% compared to Rentokil Initial's net margin of 7.25%. Intertek Group's return on equity of 23.46% beat Rentokil Initial's return on equity.
Intertek Group has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rentokil Initial has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Intertek Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 128 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Rentokil Initial pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Intertek Group pays out 66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rentokil Initial pays out 57.7% 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.
Rentokil Initial has higher revenue and earnings than Intertek Group. Rentokil Initial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intertek Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Intertek Group and Intertek Group both had 1 articles in the media. Intertek Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Rentokil Initial'saverage media sentiment score.
Rentokil Initial received 234 more outperform votes than Intertek Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.70% of users gave Rentokil Initial an outperform vote while only 48.71% of users gave Intertek Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Intertek Group beats Rentokil Initial on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ITRK) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff