CPI vs. JSG, RWS, DWF, RST, FRAN, DLAR, KEYS, BEG, KGH, and SFT
Should you be buying Capita stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capita include Johnson Service Group (JSG), RWS (RWS), DWF Group (DWF), Restore (RST), Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Knights Group (KGH), and Software Circle (SFT). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Capita vs.
Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) and Capita (LON:CPI) are both small-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.
Johnson Service Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 185, indicating a potential upside of 32.50%. Capita has a consensus target price of GBX 1,117.50, indicating a potential upside of 8,302.26%. Given Capita's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Capita is more favorable than Johnson Service Group.
Johnson Service Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Capita. Capita is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Johnson Service Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capita received 232 more outperform votes than Johnson Service Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.13% of users gave Johnson Service Group an outperform vote while only 52.89% of users gave Capita an outperform vote.
74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Capita shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Capita 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.
Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Capita pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 240.6%. Johnson Service Group pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capita pays out -1,325.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Capita is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Johnson Service Group has a net margin of 6.29% compared to Capita's net margin of -1.64%. Johnson Service Group's return on equity of 10.95% beat Capita's return on equity.
Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capita has a beta of 1.95, suggesting that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Johnson Service Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Capita'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Johnson Service Group beats Capita on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CPI) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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