DLAR vs. RWS, JSG, RST, DWF, FRAN, CPI, KEYS, BEG, KGH, and SFT
Should you be buying De La Rue stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of De La Rue include RWS (RWS), Johnson Service Group (JSG), Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Capita (CPI), 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.
De La Rue vs.
RWS (LON:RWS) and De La Rue (LON:DLAR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
69.3% of RWS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.8% of De La Rue shares are held by institutional investors. 46.2% of RWS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of De La Rue shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
RWS presently has a consensus price target of GBX 330, suggesting a potential upside of 81.12%. Given RWS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe RWS is more favorable than De La Rue.
RWS pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. De La Rue pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.9%. RWS pays out -13,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. De La Rue pays out -23,000.0% 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. De La Rue is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, RWS had 4 more articles in the media than De La Rue. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for RWS and 2 mentions for De La Rue. RWS's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat De La Rue's score of 0.10 indicating that RWS is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RWS received 27 more outperform votes than De La Rue when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.63% of users gave RWS an outperform vote while only 64.98% of users gave De La Rue an outperform vote.
RWS has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, De La Rue has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
De La Rue has lower revenue, but higher earnings than RWS. RWS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than De La Rue, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RWS has a net margin of -5.22% compared to De La Rue's net margin of -6.45%. RWS's return on equity of -3.80% beat De La Rue's return on equity.
Summary
RWS beats De La Rue on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get De La Rue News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DLAR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
De La Rue Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (LON:DLAR) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
