Johnson Service Group (JSG) Competitors

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

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

74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of Serco Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Serco Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is JSG or SRP a better dividend stock?

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 2.3%. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JSG or SRP?

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 48.63% of users gave Serco Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Johnson Service Group	Outperform Votes 235 74.13%	Underperform Votes 82 25.87%
Serco Group	Outperform Votes 445 48.63%	Underperform Votes 470 51.37%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, JSG or SRP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Johnson Service Group	£494.40M	1.22	£31M	£0.07	2,082.86
Serco Group	£4.76B	0.38	£139M	£0.13	1,353.08

Which has more risk and volatility, JSG or SRP?

Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Serco Group has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JSG or SRP more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Johnson Service Group	6.29%	11.11%	6.40%
Serco Group	2.92%	14.08%	4.45%

Does the media refer more to JSG or SRP?

In the previous week, Serco Group had 1 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Serco Group and 1 mentions for Johnson Service Group. Serco Group's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Johnson Service Group's score of 0.75 indicating that Serco Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Johnson Service Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Serco Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate JSG or SRP?

Johnson Service Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 185, indicating a potential upside of 26.89%. Serco Group has a consensus target price of GBX 205, indicating a potential upside of 16.54%. Given Johnson Service Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Johnson Service Group is more favorable than Serco Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Johnson Service Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Serco Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Summary

Serco Group beats Johnson Service Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.