RTO vs. TCOM, WCN, RDDT, IQV, GRAB, AER, GIB, CPAY, RBA, and TOST
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), Grab (GRAB), Aercap (AER), CGI Group (GIB), Corpay (CPAY), RB Global (RBA), and Toast (TOST). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Rentokil Initial vs. Its Competitors
Trip.com Group (NASDAQ:TCOM) and Rentokil Initial (NYSE:RTO) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
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.
35.4% of Trip.com Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of Rentokil Initial shares are held by institutional investors. 23.0% of Trip.com Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Trip.com Group has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rentokil Initial has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Trip.com Group had 2 more articles in the media than Rentokil Initial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Trip.com Group and 7 mentions for Rentokil Initial. Trip.com Group's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Rentokil Initial's score of 0.92 indicating that Trip.com Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 presently has a consensus price target of $76.98, suggesting a potential upside of 10.26%. Given Trip.com Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Trip.com Group is more favorable than Rentokil Initial.
Trip.com Group pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Rentokil Initial pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Trip.com Group pays out 7.7% 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.
Summary
Trip.com Group beats Rentokil Initial on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RTO) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
