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Intertek Group (ITRK) Competitors

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GBX 4,594 +10.00 (+0.22%)
As of 11:47 AM Eastern

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

Should you be buying Intertek Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intertek Group include Rentokil Initial (RTO), Mitie Group (MTO), Serco Group (SRP), Johnson Service Group (JSG), RWS (RWS), DWF Group (DWF), Restore (RST), Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), and Capita (CPI). 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Intertek GroupOutperform Votes
379
48.71%
Underperform Votes
399
51.29%
Rentokil InitialOutperform Votes
613
65.70%
Underperform Votes
320
34.30%

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Intertek Group had 1 more articles in the media than Rentokil Initial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Intertek Group and 1 mentions for Rentokil Initial. Intertek Group's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Rentokil Initial's score of 0.00 indicating that Intertek Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Intertek Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Rentokil Initial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Intertek Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 5,566.67, indicating a potential upside of 21.49%. Rentokil Initial has a consensus price target of GBX 488.33, indicating a potential upside of 42.04%. Given Rentokil Initial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Rentokil Initial is more favorable than Intertek Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Intertek Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Rentokil Initial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Intertek Group£3.34B2.20£307.45M£191.8623.88
Rentokil Initial£5.38B1.60£389.49M£15.5922.05

Intertek Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 128 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 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.

Intertek Group has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rentokil Initial has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Intertek Group9.19% 23.46% 9.49%
Rentokil Initial 7.25%9.50%4.11%

Summary

Intertek Group beats Rentokil Initial on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ITRK vs. The Competition

MetricIntertek GroupSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£7.36B£6.51B£7.15B£2.57B
Dividend Yield2.41%4.93%3.56%4.84%
P/E Ratio23.8829.7720.93133.67
Price / Sales2.20128.8482.52244,979.30
Price / Cash25.5340.5426.9428.16
Price / Book5.467.263.754.56
Net Income£307.45M£144.67M£807.45M£5.85B
7 Day Performance1.49%23.73%2.45%2.98%
1 Month Performance-8.96%22.79%1.63%9.28%
1 Year Performance-6.30%21.52%14.29%115.29%

Intertek Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITRK
Intertek Group
2.2424 of 5 stars
GBX 4,594
+0.2%
GBX 5,566.67
+21.2%
-7.8%£7.38B£3.34B23.9443,908
RTO
Rentokil Initial
2.8323 of 5 stars
GBX 341.50
-2.4%
GBX 488.33
+43.0%
-15.8%£8.55B£5.38B21.9062,931High Trading Volume
MTO
Mitie Group
1.8323 of 5 stars
GBX 135.44
+1.5%
GBX 155
+14.4%
+22.6%£1.71B£4.80B14.0868,145
SRP
Serco Group
2.1129 of 5 stars
GBX 162
-0.5%
GBX 205
+26.5%
-6.3%£1.64B£4.54B12.6250,000
JSG
Johnson Service Group
2.4262 of 5 stars
GBX 130
-1.4%
GBX 185
+42.3%
+7.1%£539.43M£495.01M17.326,165News Coverage
RWS
RWS
3.8101 of 5 stars
GBX 112.72
-0.9%
GBX 330
+192.8%
-61.2%£415.74M£707.82M-11.217,040Dividend Increase
Insider Trade
Gap Up
DWF
DWF Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340
RST
Restore
3.5696 of 5 stars
GBX 220.50
-0.9%
GBX 390
+76.9%
-3.2%£296.09M£272.77M77.572,700
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 132.43
+1.1%
N/A-30.0%£255.97M£120.55M33.25715
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 128.59
-0.3%
N/A+37.2%£248.96M£307.43M-12.401,841
CPI
Capita
2.7277 of 5 stars
GBX 12.49
-4.2%
GBX 1,117.50
+8,845.0%
+1,256.4%£211.07M£2.48B-5.1743,000News Coverage

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This page (LON:ITRK) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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