Frontdoor (FTDR) Competitors

Rentokil Initial (NYSE:RTO) and Frontdoor (NASDAQ:FTDR) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, RTO or FTDR?

Rentokil Initial has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontdoor has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RTO or FTDR?

Frontdoor received 132 more outperform votes than Rentokil Initial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.30% of users gave Frontdoor an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave Rentokil Initial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rentokil Initial	Outperform Votes 5 35.71%	Underperform Votes 9 64.29%
Frontdoor	Outperform Votes 137 58.30%	Underperform Votes 98 41.70%

Do analysts rate RTO or FTDR?

Frontdoor has a consensus price target of $46.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.11%. Given Frontdoor's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Frontdoor is more favorable than Rentokil Initial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rentokil Initial	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Frontdoor	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Which has higher valuation and earnings, RTO or FTDR?

Rentokil Initial has higher revenue and earnings than Frontdoor. Frontdoor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rentokil Initial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rentokil Initial	$5.44B	2.13	$473.93M	$1.51	15.16
Frontdoor	$1.84B	1.66	$171M	$3.03	13.57

Is RTO or FTDR more profitable?

Frontdoor has a net margin of 12.87% compared to Rentokil Initial's net margin of 0.00%. Frontdoor's return on equity of 132.99% beat Rentokil Initial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rentokil Initial	N/A	N/A	N/A
Frontdoor	12.87%	132.99%	22.10%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in RTO or FTDR?

9.9% of Rentokil Initial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Frontdoor shares are held by company 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.

Does the media favor RTO or FTDR?

In the previous week, Frontdoor had 2 more articles in the media than Rentokil Initial. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Frontdoor and 11 mentions for Rentokil Initial. Rentokil Initial's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Frontdoor's score of 1.12 indicating that Rentokil Initial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rentokil Initial	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Frontdoor	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Frontdoor beats Rentokil Initial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.