KEYS vs. RWS, JSG, RST, DWF, FRAN, CPI, DLAR, BEG, SFT, and KGH
Should you be buying Keystone Law Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Keystone Law Group include RWS (RWS), Johnson Service Group (JSG), Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Capita (CPI), De La Rue (DLAR), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Software Circle (SFT), and Knights Group (KGH). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Keystone Law Group vs.
RWS (LON:RWS) and Keystone Law Group (LON:KEYS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
RWS received 172 more outperform votes than Keystone Law Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.63% of users gave RWS an outperform vote while only 70.00% of users gave Keystone Law Group an outperform vote.
Keystone Law Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than RWS. RWS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Keystone Law Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RWS has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keystone Law Group has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
RWS presently has a consensus price target of GBX 330, suggesting a potential upside of 81.12%. Given RWS's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe RWS is more favorable than Keystone Law Group.
Keystone Law Group has a net margin of 8.52% compared to RWS's net margin of -5.22%. Keystone Law Group's return on equity of 43.76% beat RWS's return on equity.
RWS pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Keystone Law Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. RWS pays out -13,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Keystone Law Group pays out 7,916.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RWS is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, RWS had 3 more articles in the media than Keystone Law Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for RWS and 3 mentions for Keystone Law Group. Keystone Law Group's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat RWS's score of 0.25 indicating that Keystone Law Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
69.3% of RWS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.3% of Keystone Law Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.2% of RWS shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.1% of Keystone Law 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.
Summary
RWS beats Keystone Law Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:KEYS) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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