RTO vs. TCOM, WCN, RDDT, IQV, AER, TOST, CPAY, GIB, RBA, and Z
Should you be buying Rentokil Initial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rentokil Initial include Trip.com Group (TCOM), Waste Connections (WCN), Reddit (RDDT), IQVIA (IQV), Aercap (AER), Toast (TOST), Corpay (CPAY), CGI Group (GIB), RB Global (RBA), and Zillow Group (Z). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Rentokil Initial vs. Its Competitors
Rentokil Initial (NYSE:RTO) and Trip.com Group (NASDAQ:TCOM) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
9.9% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.4% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.0% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Trip.com Group has higher revenue and earnings than Rentokil Initial. Rentokil Initial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trip.com Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rentokil Initial has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trip.com Group has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Trip.com Group has a net margin of 31.58% compared to Rentokil Initial's net margin of 0.00%. Trip.com Group's return on equity of 11.30% beat Rentokil Initial's return on equity.
Trip.com Group has a consensus price target of $76.98, indicating a potential upside of 8.52%. Given Trip.com Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Trip.com Group is more favorable than Rentokil Initial.
In the previous week, Trip.com Group had 24 more articles in the media than Rentokil Initial. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Trip.com Group and 7 mentions for Rentokil Initial. Rentokil Initial's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Trip.com Group's score of 0.88 indicating that Rentokil Initial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Rentokil Initial pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Trip.com Group pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Rentokil Initial pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trip.com Group pays out 7.7% 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.
Summary
Trip.com Group beats Rentokil Initial on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RTO) was last updated on 9/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
