RTO vs. ITRK, IAG, HLMA, MRO, SPX, SMIN, WEIR, DPLM, IMI, and EZJ
Should you be buying Rentokil Initial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rentokil Initial include Intertek Group (ITRK), International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), Halma (HLMA), Melrose Industries (MRO), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), Smiths Group (SMIN), The Weir Group (WEIR), Diploma (DPLM), IMI (IMI), and easyJet (EZJ). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Rentokil Initial (LON:RTO) and Intertek Group (LON:ITRK) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
Rentokil Initial has higher revenue and earnings than Intertek Group. Intertek Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rentokil Initial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Rentokil Initial had 4 more articles in the media than Intertek Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Rentokil Initial and 1 mentions for Intertek Group. Intertek Group's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Rentokil Initial's score of 0.12 indicating that Intertek Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rentokil Initial pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Intertek Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 112 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Rentokil Initial pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Intertek Group pays out 6,120.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Rentokil Initial has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intertek Group has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rentokil Initial currently has a consensus price target of GBX 614, indicating a potential upside of 47.10%. Intertek Group has a consensus price target of GBX 4,959.17, indicating a potential downside of 0.38%. Given Rentokil Initial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Rentokil Initial is more favorable than Intertek Group.
Rentokil Initial received 235 more outperform votes than Intertek Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.70% of users gave Rentokil Initial an outperform vote while only 48.57% of users gave Intertek Group an outperform vote.
90.0% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.4% of Intertek Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Intertek Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Intertek Group has a net margin of 8.93% compared to Rentokil Initial's net margin of 7.09%. Intertek Group's return on equity of 23.76% beat Rentokil Initial's return on equity.
Summary
Rentokil Initial beats Intertek Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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