Clarivate (CLVT) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, RTO or CLVT?

Rentokil Initial has higher revenue and earnings than Clarivate. Clarivate 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	2.19	$473.93M	$1.51	15.63
Clarivate	$2.53B	1.18	-$911.20M	-$0.97	-4.52

Is RTO or CLVT more profitable?

Rentokil Initial has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Clarivate's net margin of -24.90%. Clarivate's return on equity of 9.10% beat Rentokil Initial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rentokil Initial	N/A	N/A	N/A
Clarivate	-24.90%	9.10%	3.93%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in RTO or CLVT?

9.9% of Rentokil Initial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.7% of Clarivate shares are held by institutional investors. 23.2% of Clarivate shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate RTO or CLVT?

Clarivate has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.03%. Given Clarivate's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Clarivate is more favorable than Rentokil Initial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rentokil Initial	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Clarivate	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RTO or CLVT?

Clarivate received 43 more outperform votes than Rentokil Initial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.33% of users gave Clarivate an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Rentokil Initial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rentokil Initial	Outperform Votes 5 33.33%	Underperform Votes 10 66.67%
Clarivate	Outperform Votes 48 53.33%	Underperform Votes 42 46.67%

Does the media favor RTO or CLVT?

In the previous week, Rentokil Initial had 6 more articles in the media than Clarivate. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Rentokil Initial and 6 mentions for Clarivate. Rentokil Initial's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Clarivate's score of 0.51 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)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Clarivate	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, RTO or CLVT?

Rentokil Initial has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clarivate has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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