De La Rue (DLAR) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, JSG or DLAR?

Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, De La Rue has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JSG or DLAR more profitable?

Johnson Service Group has a net margin of 6.29% compared to De La Rue's net margin of -6.45%. De La Rue's return on equity of 160.00% beat Johnson Service Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Johnson Service Group	6.29%	10.95%	6.40%
De La Rue	-6.45%	160.00%	3.47%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in JSG or DLAR?

74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.8% of De La Rue shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of De La Rue shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, JSG or DLAR?

Johnson Service Group has higher revenue and earnings than De La Rue. De La Rue 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
Johnson Service Group	£495.01M	1.15	£31.14M	£7.50	18.26
De La Rue	£307.43M	0.77	-£19.82M	-£10.37	-11.72

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JSG or DLAR?

Johnson Service Group received 55 more outperform votes than De La Rue when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.13% of users gave Johnson Service Group an outperform vote while only 64.98% of users gave De La Rue an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Johnson Service Group	Outperform Votes 235 74.13%	Underperform Votes 82 25.87%
De La Rue	Outperform Votes 180 64.98%	Underperform Votes 97 35.02%

Is JSG or DLAR a better dividend stock?

Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. De La Rue pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.9%. Johnson Service Group pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. De La Rue pays out -221.9% 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. De La Rue is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer JSG or DLAR?

Johnson Service Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 185, suggesting a potential upside of 35.04%. Given Johnson Service Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Johnson Service Group is more favorable than De La Rue.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Johnson Service Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
De La Rue	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to JSG or DLAR?

In the previous week, De La Rue had 3 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for De La Rue and 0 mentions for Johnson Service Group. De La Rue's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Johnson Service Group's score of -0.03 indicating that De La Rue is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Johnson Service Group	Neutral
De La Rue	Neutral

Summary

Johnson Service Group beats De La Rue on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.