CPI vs. JSG, RWS, DWF, RST, FRAN, DLAR, KEYS, BEG, SFT, and KGH
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), Software Circle (SFT), and Knights Group (KGH). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Capita vs.
Capita (LON:CPI) and Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
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.
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.
61.7% of Capita shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Capita shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Capita presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,117.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7,748.71%. Johnson Service Group has a consensus target price of GBX 185, suggesting a potential upside of 35.04%. Given Capita's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Capita is more favorable than Johnson Service Group.
In the previous week, Capita had 1 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Capita and 0 mentions for Johnson Service Group. Capita's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Johnson Service Group's score of -0.03 indicating that Capita is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Capita pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 224.8%. Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Capita pays out -1,325.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Johnson Service Group pays out 40.0% 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.
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.
Summary
Johnson Service Group beats Capita on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CPI) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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