RTO vs. TRU, RBA, GEN, GRAB, MORN, GFL, DOCU, FDS, IPG, and CNM
Should you be buying Rentokil Initial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rentokil Initial include TransUnion (TRU), RB Global (RBA), Gen Digital (GEN), Grab (GRAB), Morningstar (MORN), GFL Environmental (GFL), DocuSign (DOCU), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), and Core & Main (CNM). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) and Rentokil Initial (NYSE:RTO) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.
9.9% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of TransUnion shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
TransUnion presently has a consensus target price of $81.47, suggesting a potential upside of 21.54%. Rentokil Initial has a consensus target price of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 48.38%. Given TransUnion's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Rentokil Initial is more favorable than TransUnion.
TransUnion pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Rentokil Initial pays an annual dividend of $0.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. TransUnion pays out -28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rentokil Initial has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Rentokil Initial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
TransUnion received 495 more outperform votes than Rentokil Initial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.07% of users gave TransUnion an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave Rentokil Initial an outperform vote.
TransUnion has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rentokil Initial has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rentokil Initial has higher revenue and earnings than TransUnion.
In the previous week, TransUnion had 7 more articles in the media than Rentokil Initial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for TransUnion and 3 mentions for Rentokil Initial. Rentokil Initial's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat TransUnion's score of 0.77 indicating that TransUnion is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Rentokil Initial has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Rentokil Initial's net margin of -7.50%. Rentokil Initial's return on equity of 13.58% beat TransUnion's return on equity.
Summary
TransUnion beats Rentokil Initial on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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