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Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT) Competitors

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GBX 4,870 +24.00 (+0.50%)
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RKT vs. BNC, LLOY, BARC, NWG, COB, BUR, BCG, TRST, BOY, and DFS

Should you be buying Reckitt Benckiser Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reckitt Benckiser Group include Banco Santander (BNC), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Barclays (BARC), NatWest Group (NWG), Cobham (COB), Burford Capital (BUR), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Trustpilot Group (TRST), Bodycote (BOY), and DFS Furniture (DFS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Reckitt Benckiser Group vs.

Banco Santander (LON:BNC) and Reckitt Benckiser Group (LON:RKT) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Banco Santander had 1 more articles in the media than Reckitt Benckiser Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Banco Santander and 3 mentions for Reckitt Benckiser Group. Banco Santander's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Reckitt Benckiser Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Banco Santander is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Banco Santander
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Reckitt Benckiser Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Banco Santander has a net margin of 20.05% compared to Reckitt Benckiser Group's net margin of 10.78%. Reckitt Benckiser Group's return on equity of 18.70% beat Banco Santander's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Banco Santander20.05% 12.99% 0.73%
Reckitt Benckiser Group 10.78%18.70%7.51%

Banco Santander received 42 more outperform votes than Reckitt Benckiser Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 85.51% of users gave Reckitt Benckiser Group an outperform vote while only 64.74% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Banco SantanderOutperform Votes
101
64.74%
Underperform Votes
55
35.26%
Reckitt Benckiser GroupOutperform Votes
59
85.51%
Underperform Votes
10
14.49%

Banco Santander has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reckitt Benckiser Group has a beta of 0.09, meaning that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.

32.0% of Banco Santander shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of Reckitt Benckiser Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Banco Santander shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Reckitt Benckiser Group 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.

Banco Santander has higher revenue and earnings than Reckitt Benckiser Group. Banco Santander is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reckitt Benckiser Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Banco Santander£70.85B1.39£14.20B£63.818.40
Reckitt Benckiser Group£13.78B2.41£1.49B£218.5222.29

Reckitt Benckiser Group has a consensus target price of GBX 4,788.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.67%. Given Reckitt Benckiser Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Reckitt Benckiser Group is more favorable than Banco Santander.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Banco Santander
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Reckitt Benckiser Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Reckitt Benckiser Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 196 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Banco Santander pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Reckitt Benckiser Group pays out 89.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Reckitt Benckiser Group beats Banco Santander on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RKT vs. The Competition

MetricReckitt Benckiser GroupHousehold & Personal Products IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£33.23B£15.85B£6.87B£2.59B
Dividend Yield3.82%2.45%3.16%4.97%
P/E Ratio22.2917.1311.66133.72
Price / Sales2.41344.1784.59232,158.79
Price / Cash32.7017.16146.2628.12
Price / Book4.272.942.874.58
Net Income£1.49B£912.33M£1.01B£5.84B
7 Day Performance4.98%1.73%0.39%2.88%
1 Month Performance-6.88%1.88%1.48%10.09%
1 Year Performance8.97%93.41%45.63%115.85%

Reckitt Benckiser Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RKT
Reckitt Benckiser Group
0.3893 of 5 stars
GBX 4,870
+0.5%
GBX 4,788.50
-1.7%
+8.3%£33.23B£13.78B22.2926,000
BNC
Banco Santander
N/AGBX 511
-0.8%
N/A+29.3%£93.79B£70.85B8.01206,500Ex-Dividend
Positive News
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
1.3627 of 5 stars
GBX 70.32
-0.6%
GBX 64.25
-8.6%
+36.7%£42.64B£28.75B8.8959,400Analyst Forecast
BARC
Barclays
2.5557 of 5 stars
GBX 277.30
-0.3%
GBX 329.17
+18.7%
+44.9%£39.82B£24.93B8.1587,400Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
NWG
NatWest Group
3.4118 of 5 stars
GBX 459.24
-0.1%
GBX 526.67
+14.7%
+56.1%£36.76B£24.36B8.2561,000
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
BUR
Burford Capital
2.6662 of 5 stars
GBX 1,044
-1.6%
GBX 1,600
+53.3%
-16.9%£2.87B£299.55M18.68140Gap Down
BCG
Baltic Classifieds Group
1.0075 of 5 stars
GBX 324.97
+2.4%
GBX 297
-8.6%
+42.9%£1.86B£92.71M48.71130Gap Down
TRST
Trustpilot Group
1.751 of 5 stars
GBX 207.19
-0.6%
GBX 335
+61.7%
+19.7%£1.09B£222.55M68.68820
BOY
Bodycote
2.9579 of 5 stars
GBX 478.80
-2.6%
GBX 812.50
+69.7%
-29.8%£857.44M£739.54M14.414,833Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
DFS
DFS Furniture
2.9443 of 5 stars
GBX 134
+3.9%
GBX 185
+38.1%
+24.6%£308.80M£964.48M-71.7520,200Positive News
High Trading Volume

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