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

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

44.0% of Franchise Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.0% of Franchise Brands 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 stock 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%

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 1.3%. 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 higher valuation and earnings, 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	2.41	£7.75M	£3.98	37.66
Johnson Service Group	£495.01M	1.19	£31.14M	£7.50	18.92

Which has more volatility and risk, FRAN or JSG?

Franchise Brands has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend FRAN or JSG?

Johnson Service Group has a consensus target price of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 40.85%. Given Johnson Service Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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

Does the media favor FRAN or JSG?

In the previous week, Franchise Brands had 1 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Franchise Brands and 5 mentions for Johnson Service Group. Franchise Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Johnson Service Group's score of 0.07 indicating that Franchise Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Franchise Brands	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Johnson Service Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Johnson Service Group beats Franchise Brands on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.