FRAN vs. JSG, RWS, DWF, RST, CPI, DLAR, KEYS, BEG, KGH, and SFT
Should you be buying Franchise Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franchise Brands include Johnson Service Group (JSG), RWS (RWS), DWF Group (DWF), Restore (RST), Capita (CPI), De La Rue (DLAR), 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.
Franchise Brands vs.
Franchise Brands (LON:FRAN) and Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.
Johnson Service Group received 114 more outperform votes than Franchise Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.13% of users gave Johnson Service Group an outperform vote while only 66.12% of users gave Franchise Brands an outperform vote.
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.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Johnson Service Group has a net margin of 6.29% compared to Franchise Brands' net margin of 5.17%. Johnson Service Group's return on equity of 11.11% beat Franchise Brands' return on equity.
Franchise Brands pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Franchise Brands pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Johnson Service Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Franchise Brands has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Johnson Service Group has a consensus price target of GBX 185, suggesting a potential upside of 26.89%. Given Johnson Service Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Johnson Service Group is more favorable than Franchise Brands.
In the previous week, Franchise Brands had 7 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Franchise Brands and 1 mentions for Johnson Service Group. Johnson Service Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Franchise Brands' score of 0.16 indicating that Johnson Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Johnson Service Group beats Franchise Brands on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:FRAN) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
