CPI vs. RWS, JSG, 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 RWS (RWS), Johnson Service Group (JSG), 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.
RWS (LON:RWS) and Capita (LON:CPI) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
RWS pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Capita pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 226.6%. RWS pays out -13,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capita pays out -160,000.0% 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.
RWS has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capita has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Capita has a net margin of -1.58% compared to RWS's net margin of -5.22%. RWS's return on equity of -3.80% beat Capita's return on equity.
RWS has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Capita. RWS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capita, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RWS currently has a consensus target price of GBX 330, suggesting a potential upside of 100.45%. Capita has a consensus target price of GBX 1,117.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7,814.31%. Given Capita's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Capita is more favorable than RWS.
In the previous week, RWS had 2 more articles in the media than Capita. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for RWS and 0 mentions for Capita. RWS's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Capita's score of 0.00 indicating that RWS is being referred to more favorably in the media.
69.3% of RWS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Capita shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.2% of RWS 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 company is poised for long-term growth.
Capita received 260 more outperform votes than RWS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.63% of users gave RWS an outperform vote while only 52.89% of users gave Capita an outperform vote.
Summary
RWS 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 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
