RTO vs. RBA, GRAB, MORN, DOCU, TRU, GFL, CNM, IPG, GEN, and CLH
Should you be buying Rentokil Initial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rentokil Initial include RB Global (RBA), Grab (GRAB), Morningstar (MORN), DocuSign (DOCU), TransUnion (TRU), GFL Environmental (GFL), Core & Main (CNM), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Gen Digital (GEN), and Clean Harbors (CLH). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Rentokil Initial (NYSE:RTO) and RB Global (NYSE:RBA) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Rentokil Initial has higher revenue and earnings than RB Global.
Rentokil Initial has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RB Global has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
9.9% of Rentokil Initial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of RB Global shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of RB Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, RB Global had 11 more articles in the media than Rentokil Initial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for RB Global and 1 mentions for Rentokil Initial. RB Global's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Rentokil Initial's score of 0.88 indicating that RB Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rentokil Initial pays an annual dividend of $0.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. RB Global pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. RB Global pays out 65.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
RB Global has a net margin of 8.08% compared to Rentokil Initial's net margin of 0.00%. RB Global's return on equity of 6.87% beat Rentokil Initial's return on equity.
Rentokil Initial presently has a consensus target price of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.38%. RB Global has a consensus target price of $83.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.59%. Given Rentokil Initial's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Rentokil Initial is more favorable than RB Global.
RB Global received 404 more outperform votes than Rentokil Initial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.27% of users gave RB Global an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Rentokil Initial an outperform vote.
Summary
RB Global beats Rentokil Initial on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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