EXPN vs. RR, FERG, AHT, BA, RTO, IAG, HLMA, ITRK, MRO, and REL
Should you be buying Experian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Experian include Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR), Ferguson (FERG), Ashtead Group (AHT), BAE Systems (BA), Rentokil Initial (RTO), International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), Halma (HLMA), Intertek Group (ITRK), Melrose Industries (MRO), and Relx (REL). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (LON:RR) and Experian (LON:EXPN) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
Experian has a net margin of 15.20% compared to Experian's net margin of 14.63%. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc's return on equity of 26.69% beat Experian's return on equity.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Experian pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc pays out 4,137.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Experian pays out 4,943.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Experian has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Experian had 7 more articles in the media than Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Experian and 3 mentions for Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Experian's score of 0.51 indicating that Experian is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has higher revenue and earnings than Experian. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Experian, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc currently has a consensus price target of GBX 342.20, suggesting a potential downside of 18.15%. Experian has a consensus price target of GBX 3,394, suggesting a potential downside of 8.05%. Given Rolls-Royce Holdings plc's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Experian is more favorable than Rolls-Royce Holdings plc.
Experian received 685 more outperform votes than Rolls-Royce Holdings plc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.47% of users gave Experian an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave Rolls-Royce Holdings plc an outperform vote.
64.0% of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Experian shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Experian shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Experian beats Rolls-Royce Holdings plc on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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