REL vs. BA, RR, FERG, EXPN, AHT, RTO, ITRK, SRP, MTO, and RWS
Should you be buying Relx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Relx include BAE Systems (BA), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR), Ferguson (FERG), Experian (EXPN), Ashtead Group (AHT), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Intertek Group (ITRK), Serco Group (SRP), Mitie Group (MTO), and RWS (RWS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
BAE Systems (LON:BA) and Relx (LON:REL) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
72.2% of BAE Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.3% of Relx shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of BAE Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Relx shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, BAE Systems and BAE Systems both had 10 articles in the media. BAE Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Relx's score of 0.13 indicating that Relx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BAE Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Relx. BAE Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Relx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BAE Systems currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,335, indicating a potential downside of 0.22%. Relx has a consensus target price of GBX 3,327.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.32%. Given BAE Systems' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Relx is more favorable than BAE Systems.
BAE Systems has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Relx has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BAE Systems pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Relx pays an annual dividend of GBX 59 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. BAE Systems pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Relx pays out 6,276.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BAE Systems is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Relx received 604 more outperform votes than BAE Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.00% of users gave BAE Systems an outperform vote while only 69.48% of users gave Relx an outperform vote.
Relx has a net margin of 19.44% compared to Relx's net margin of 8.05%. BAE Systems' return on equity of 49.72% beat Relx's return on equity.
Summary
Relx beats BAE Systems on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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