REL vs. BA, RR, FERG, EXPN, AHT, RTO, ITRK, SRP, MTO, and RWS
Should you be buying Relx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Relx include BAE Systems (BA), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR), Ferguson (FERG), Experian (EXPN), Ashtead Group (AHT), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Intertek Group (ITRK), Serco Group (SRP), Mitie Group (MTO), and RWS (RWS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Relx (LON:REL) and BAE Systems (LON:BA) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
Relx received 605 more outperform votes than BAE Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.51% of users gave BAE Systems an outperform vote while only 69.48% of users gave Relx an outperform vote.
BAE Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Relx. BAE Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Relx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
58.0% of Relx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.0% of BAE Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Relx shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of BAE Systems 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.
Relx has a net margin of 19.44% compared to BAE Systems' net margin of 8.05%. Relx's return on equity of 49.72% beat BAE Systems' return on equity.
Relx has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BAE Systems has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, BAE Systems had 8 more articles in the media than Relx. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for BAE Systems and 7 mentions for Relx. BAE Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Relx's score of 0.48 indicating that BAE Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Relx currently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,327.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.81%. BAE Systems has a consensus target price of GBX 1,314, indicating a potential upside of 1.47%. Given BAE Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BAE Systems is more favorable than Relx.
Relx pays an annual dividend of GBX 59 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. BAE Systems pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Relx pays out 6,276.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BAE Systems pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BAE Systems is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
BAE Systems beats Relx on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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