Keystone Law Group (KEYS) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, JSG or KEYS?

Johnson Service Group has higher revenue and earnings than Keystone Law Group. Johnson Service Group 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Johnson Service Group	£495.01M	1.19	£31.14M	£7.50	18.92
Keystone Law Group	£94.56M	2.12	£7.97M	£24.70	25.37

Do analysts recommend JSG or KEYS?

Johnson Service Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 200, indicating a potential upside of 40.85%. Given Johnson Service Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Johnson Service Group is more favorable than Keystone Law Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Johnson Service Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Keystone Law Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is JSG or KEYS more profitable?

Keystone Law Group has a net margin of 8.43% compared to Johnson Service Group's net margin of 6.29%. Keystone Law Group's return on equity of 45.78% beat Johnson Service Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Johnson Service Group	6.29%	10.95%	6.40%
Keystone Law Group	8.43%	45.78%	14.36%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in JSG or KEYS?

74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.3% of Keystone Law Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.1% of Keystone Law Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, JSG or KEYS?

Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keystone Law Group has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JSG or KEYS a better dividend stock?

Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Keystone Law Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Johnson Service Group pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Keystone Law Group pays out 76.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to JSG or KEYS?

In the previous week, Johnson Service Group had 5 more articles in the media than Keystone Law Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Johnson Service Group and 0 mentions for Keystone Law Group. Keystone Law Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Johnson Service Group's score of 0.07 indicating that Keystone Law Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Johnson Service Group	Neutral
Keystone Law Group	Positive

Summary

Keystone Law Group beats Johnson Service Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.