RTO vs. WPP, FOUR, HRI, RSG, OCN, PAY, LOOK, CSN, MAST, and TRMR
Should you be buying Rentokil Initial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rentokil Initial include WPP (WPP), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Herald (HRI), Resolute Mining (RSG), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), PayPoint (PAY), Lookers (LOOK), Chesnara (CSN), MAST Energy Developments (MAST), and Tremor International (TRMR). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Rentokil Initial vs. Its Competitors
WPP (LON:WPP) and Rentokil Initial (LON:RTO) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
WPP pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. Rentokil Initial pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. WPP pays out 206.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rentokil Initial pays out 57.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
65.3% of WPP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of WPP 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Rentokil Initial has a net margin of 7.25% compared to WPP's net margin of 1.37%. Rentokil Initial's return on equity of 9.50% beat WPP's return on equity.
WPP currently has a consensus price target of GBX 715, indicating a potential upside of 77.24%. Rentokil Initial has a consensus price target of GBX 435, indicating a potential upside of 19.18%. Given WPP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe WPP is more favorable than Rentokil Initial.
In the previous week, Rentokil Initial had 9 more articles in the media than WPP. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Rentokil Initial and 1 mentions for WPP. Rentokil Initial's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat WPP's score of 0.00 indicating that Rentokil Initial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
WPP has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rentokil Initial has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rentokil Initial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than WPP. WPP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rentokil Initial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Rentokil Initial beats WPP on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:RTO) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
