Capita (CPI) Competitors

Capita (LON:CPI) and Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Is CPI or JSG a better dividend stock?

Capita pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 185.4%. Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Capita pays out -160,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Johnson Service Group pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Capita is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CPI or JSG?

61.7% of Capita shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Capita shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned 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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CPI or JSG?

Johnson Service Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capita	£2.57B	0.11	-£40.70M	-£0.02	-863.00
Johnson Service Group	£494.40M	1.21	£31M	£0.07	2,057.14

Which has more risk & volatility, CPI or JSG?

Capita has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CPI or JSG?

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 52.95% of users gave Capita an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capita	Outperform Votes 467 52.95%	Underperform Votes 415 47.05%
Johnson Service Group	Outperform Votes 235 74.13%	Underperform Votes 82 25.87%

Is CPI or JSG more profitable?

Johnson Service Group has a net margin of 6.29% compared to Capita's net margin of -1.58%. Johnson Service Group's return on equity of 11.11% beat Capita's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capita	-1.58%	-20.62%	1.57%
Johnson Service Group	6.29%	11.11%	6.40%

Do analysts rate CPI or JSG?

Capita presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,117.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6,374.51%. Johnson Service Group has a consensus price target of GBX 185, suggesting a potential upside of 28.47%. Given Capita's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Capita is more favorable than Johnson Service Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capita	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Johnson Service Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media favor CPI or JSG?

In the previous week, Capita's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Johnson Service Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Capita	Neutral
Johnson Service Group	Neutral

Summary

Johnson Service Group beats Capita on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.