JOYY (YY) Competitors

JOYY (NASDAQ:YY) and Rentokil Initial (NYSE:RTO) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.

Do analysts rate YY or RTO?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JOYY	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Rentokil Initial	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is YY or RTO more profitable?

JOYY has a net margin of 9.02% compared to Rentokil Initial's net margin of 0.00%. JOYY's return on equity of 4.64% beat Rentokil Initial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JOYY	9.02%	4.64%	2.96%
Rentokil Initial	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is YY or RTO a better dividend stock?

JOYY pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Rentokil Initial pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. JOYY pays out -120.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rentokil Initial pays out 21.9% 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. JOYY is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, YY or RTO?

Rentokil Initial has higher revenue and earnings than JOYY. JOYY 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
JOYY	$2.24B	1.40	$301.82M	-$3.10	-18.82
Rentokil Initial	$6.95B	2.01	$392.32M	$1.51	18.27

Do insiders and institutionals believe in YY or RTO?

36.8% of JOYY shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of Rentokil Initial shares are held by institutional investors. 43.0% of JOYY shares are held 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.

Does the media refer more to YY or RTO?

In the previous week, Rentokil Initial had 7 more articles in the media than JOYY. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Rentokil Initial and 0 mentions for JOYY. Rentokil Initial's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat JOYY's score of 0.00 indicating that Rentokil Initial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JOYY	Neutral
Rentokil Initial	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, YY or RTO?

JOYY has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rentokil Initial has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Rentokil Initial beats JOYY on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.