De La Rue (DLAR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DLAR or JSG?

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, DLAR or JSG?

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
De La Rue	£310.30M	0.65	-£20M	-£0.10	-1,035.00
Johnson Service Group	£494.40M	1.18	£31M	£0.07	2,008.57

Which has more risk & volatility, DLAR or JSG?

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

Is DLAR or JSG a better dividend stock?

De La Rue pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.2%. Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. De La Rue pays out -23,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Johnson Service Group pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. De La Rue is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate DLAR or JSG?

Johnson Service Group has a consensus price target of GBX 185, suggesting a potential upside of 31.58%. Given Johnson Service Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Johnson Service Group is more favorable than De La Rue.

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

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

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

Is DLAR or JSG more profitable?

Johnson Service Group has a net margin of 6.29% compared to De La Rue's net margin of -6.45%. Johnson Service Group's return on equity of 11.11% beat De La Rue's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
De La Rue	-6.45%	-151.59%	3.47%
Johnson Service Group	6.29%	11.11%	6.40%

Does the media favor DLAR or JSG?

In the previous week, Johnson Service Group had 1 more articles in the media than De La Rue. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Johnson Service Group and 0 mentions for De La Rue. Johnson Service Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat De La Rue's score of 0.00 indicating that Johnson Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
De La Rue	Neutral
Johnson Service Group	Positive

Summary

Johnson Service Group beats De La Rue on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.