TriNet Group (TNET) Competitors

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

Is TNET or RTO a better dividend stock?

TriNet Group pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Rentokil Initial pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. TriNet Group pays out 37.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rentokil Initial pays out 29.8% 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. TriNet Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Rentokil Initial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is TNET or RTO more profitable?

TriNet Group has a net margin of 2.85% compared to Rentokil Initial's net margin of 0.00%. TriNet Group's return on equity of 208.35% beat Rentokil Initial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TriNet Group	2.85%	208.35%	5.01%
Rentokil Initial	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, TNET or RTO?

TriNet Group has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rentokil Initial has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor TNET or RTO?

In the previous week, TriNet Group had 10 more articles in the media than Rentokil Initial. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for TriNet Group and 5 mentions for Rentokil Initial. Rentokil Initial's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat TriNet Group's score of 1.13 indicating that Rentokil Initial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TriNet Group	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rentokil Initial	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend TNET or RTO?

TriNet Group presently has a consensus price target of $96.33, indicating a potential upside of 39.69%. Given TriNet Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe TriNet Group is more favorable than Rentokil Initial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TriNet Group	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
Rentokil Initial	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, TNET or RTO?

Rentokil Initial has higher revenue and earnings than TriNet Group. Rentokil Initial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TriNet Group, 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
TriNet Group	$5.05B	0.66	$173M	$2.91	23.70
Rentokil Initial	$6.95B	1.77	$392.32M	$1.51	16.12

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TNET or RTO?

96.8% of TriNet Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.1% of TriNet Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

TriNet Group and Rentokil Initial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.