JSG vs. SRP, MTO, RWS, RST, DWF, FRAN, CPI, DLAR, KEYS, and BEG
Should you be buying Johnson Service Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Johnson Service Group include Serco Group (SRP), Mitie Group (MTO), RWS (RWS), Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Capita (CPI), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), and Begbies Traynor Group (BEG). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Johnson Service Group vs.
Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) and Serco Group (LON:SRP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
Johnson Service Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 185, indicating a potential upside of 31.58%. Serco Group has a consensus target price of GBX 205, indicating a potential upside of 31.78%. Given Serco Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Serco Group is more favorable than Johnson Service Group.
Johnson Service Group has a net margin of 6.29% compared to Serco Group's net margin of 2.92%. Serco Group's return on equity of 14.08% beat Johnson Service Group's return on equity.
Serco Group received 210 more outperform votes than Johnson Service Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.13% of users gave Johnson Service Group an outperform vote while only 48.58% of users gave Serco Group an outperform vote.
Serco Group has higher revenue and earnings than Johnson Service Group. Serco Group 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.
Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Serco Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. 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. Serco Group pays out 3,076.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Serco Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Serco Group has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Serco Group had 2 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Serco Group and 1 mentions for Johnson Service Group. Johnson Service Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Serco Group's score of 0.37 indicating that Johnson Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of Serco Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Serco Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Serco Group beats Johnson Service Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:JSG) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
