Franchise Brands (FRAN) Competitors

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

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%

Which has more volatility and risk, FRAN or JSG?

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

Does the media prefer FRAN or JSG?

In the previous week, Franchise Brands had 12 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Franchise Brands and 0 mentions for Johnson Service Group. Franchise Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Johnson Service Group's score of -0.03 indicating that Franchise Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Franchise Brands	Positive
Johnson Service Group	Neutral

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	2.31	£7.75M	£3.98	36.15
Johnson Service Group	£495.01M	1.13	£31.14M	£7.50	18.03

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FRAN or JSG?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Franchise Brands	Outperform Votes 121 66.12%	Underperform Votes 62 33.88%
Johnson Service Group	Outperform Votes 235 74.13%	Underperform Votes 82 25.87%

Do analysts recommend FRAN or JSG?

Johnson Service Group has a consensus price target of GBX 185, indicating a potential upside of 36.75%. Given Johnson Service Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do insiders and institutionals believe in 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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 1.4%. Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 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.

Summary

Johnson Service Group beats Franchise Brands on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.