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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

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 2.3%. De La Rue pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.9%. 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, JSG or DLAR?

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

Does the media refer more to JSG or DLAR?

In the previous week, Johnson Service Group and Johnson Service Group both had 1 articles in the media. Johnson Service Group's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat De La Rue's score of 0.27 indicating that Johnson Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Johnson Service Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
De La Rue	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	1.11	£31.14M	£7.50	17.64
De La Rue	£307.43M	0.81	-£19.82M	-£10.37	-12.40

Do analysts recommend JSG or DLAR?

Johnson Service Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 185, indicating a potential upside of 39.73%. 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

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of JSG or DLAR?

74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.8% of De La Rue shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of De La Rue shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Johnson Service Group beats De La Rue on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.