Capita (CPI) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of RWS or CPI?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Capita shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, RWS or CPI?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
RWS	£717.80M	0.92	-£37.50M	-£0.09	-1,997.66
Capita	£2.57B	0.10	-£40.70M	-£0.02	-744.00

Does the media prefer RWS or CPI?

In the previous week, RWS had 10 more articles in the media than Capita. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for RWS and 2 mentions for Capita. RWS's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Capita's score of -0.14 indicating that RWS is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RWS	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Capita	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is RWS or CPI a better dividend stock?

RWS pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Capita pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 215.1%. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RWS or CPI?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RWS	Outperform Votes 207 71.63%	Underperform Votes 82 28.37%
Capita	Outperform Votes 467 52.89%	Underperform Votes 416 47.11%

Which has more volatility and risk, RWS or CPI?

RWS has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capita has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer RWS or CPI?

RWS presently has a consensus price target of GBX 330, indicating a potential upside of 83.55%. Capita has a consensus price target of GBX 1,117.50, indicating a potential upside of 7,410.08%. Given Capita's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Capita is more favorable than RWS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RWS	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Capita	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is RWS or CPI more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RWS	-5.22%	-3.80%	3.42%
Capita	-1.58%	-20.62%	1.57%

Summary

RWS beats Capita on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.