Franchise Brands (FRAN) Competitors

Franchise Brands (LON:FRAN) and Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FRAN or JSG?

44.0% of Franchise Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by institutional investors. 39.0% of Franchise Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FRAN or JSG more profitable?

Franchise Brands has a net margin of 6.43% compared to Johnson Service Group's net margin of 6.29%. Johnson Service Group's return on equity of 10.95% beat Franchise Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Franchise Brands	6.43%	3.60%	3.24%
Johnson Service Group	6.29%	10.95%	6.40%

Does the media refer more to FRAN or JSG?

In the previous week, Franchise Brands had 6 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Franchise Brands and 0 mentions for Johnson Service Group. Johnson Service Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Franchise Brands' score of 0.44 indicating that Johnson Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Franchise Brands	Neutral
Johnson Service Group	Positive

Is FRAN or JSG a better dividend stock?

Franchise Brands pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Franchise Brands pays out 50.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Johnson Service Group pays out 40.0% 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. Johnson Service Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, FRAN or JSG?

Franchise Brands has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less 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.

Do analysts rate FRAN or JSG?

Johnson Service Group has a consensus price target of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 38.89%. Given Johnson Service Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Johnson Service Group is more favorable than Franchise Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Franchise Brands	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)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FRAN or JSG?

Johnson Service Group has higher revenue and earnings than Franchise Brands. Johnson Service Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franchise Brands, 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
Franchise Brands	£120.55M	2.15	£7.75M	£3.98	33.64
Johnson Service Group	£495.01M	1.21	£31.14M	£7.50	19.19

Summary

Johnson Service Group beats Franchise Brands on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.