REL vs. III, RTO, WPP, FOUR, HRI, RSG, OCN, LOOK, PAY, and CSN
Should you be buying Relx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Relx include 3i Group (III), 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.
Relx vs.
3i Group (LON:III) and Relx (LON:REL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
3i Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
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.
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.
66.1% of 3i Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of Relx shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of 3i Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Relx shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Relx pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. 3i Group pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Relx pays out 59.9% 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 presently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,021, indicating a potential downside of 1.13%. Relx has a consensus target price of GBX 4,770, indicating a potential upside of 16.43%. Given Relx's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Relx is more favorable than 3i Group.
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 0.99 beat 3i Group's score of 0.73 indicating that Relx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
3i Group has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Relx has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
3i Group beats Relx on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:REL) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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