RBGP vs. REL, RTO, ITRK, SRP, MTO, JSG, RWS, DWF, RST, and FRAN
Should you be buying RBG stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RBG include Relx (REL), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Intertek Group (ITRK), Serco Group (SRP), Mitie Group (MTO), Johnson Service Group (JSG), RWS (RWS), DWF Group (DWF), Restore (RST), and Franchise Brands (FRAN). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
RBG vs.
Relx (LON:REL) and RBG (LON:RBGP) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Relx received 630 more outperform votes than RBG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.50% of users gave Relx an outperform vote while only 65.22% of users gave RBG an outperform vote.
55.5% of Relx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of RBG shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Relx shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 54.8% of RBG shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Relx had 20 more articles in the media than RBG. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Relx and 1 mentions for RBG. Relx's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat RBG's score of -1.38 indicating that Relx is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Relx has higher revenue and earnings than RBG. RBG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Relx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Relx pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. RBG pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 337.1%. Relx pays out 59.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RBG pays out -17.5% 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. RBG is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Relx currently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,135, indicating a potential upside of 2.63%. Given Relx's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Relx is more favorable than RBG.
Relx has a net margin of 20.34% compared to RBG's net margin of -53.82%. Relx's return on equity of 56.71% beat RBG's return on equity.
Relx has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RBG has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Relx beats RBG on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:RBGP) was last updated on 2/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff