RWS vs. SRP, MTO, JSG, RST, FRAN, DWF, CPI, KEYS, DLAR, and BEG
Should you be buying RWS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RWS include Serco Group (SRP), Mitie Group (MTO), Johnson Service Group (JSG), Restore (RST), Franchise Brands (FRAN), DWF Group (DWF), Capita (CPI), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), De La Rue (DLAR), and Begbies Traynor Group (BEG). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
RWS (LON:RWS) and Serco Group (LON:SRP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Serco Group has a net margin of 4.15% compared to RWS's net margin of -3.78%. Serco Group's return on equity of 19.62% beat RWS's return on equity.
RWS has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Serco Group has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
67.1% of RWS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of Serco Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.9% of RWS shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Serco Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
RWS presently has a consensus target price of GBX 300, suggesting a potential upside of 72.41%. Serco Group has a consensus target price of GBX 190, suggesting a potential upside of 6.74%. Given RWS's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe RWS is more favorable than Serco Group.
Serco Group has higher revenue and earnings than RWS. RWS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Serco Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RWS pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Serco Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. RWS pays out -17,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Serco Group pays out 1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RWS is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Serco Group received 238 more outperform votes than RWS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.33% of users gave RWS an outperform vote while only 48.52% of users gave Serco Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, RWS had 1 more articles in the media than Serco Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for RWS and 2 mentions for Serco Group. Serco Group's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat RWS's score of -0.39 indicating that Serco Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Serco Group beats RWS on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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