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Keystone Law Group (KEYS) Competitors

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GBX 635.30 +0.30 (+0.05%)
(As of 11:20 AM ET)

KEYS vs. JSG, RWS, RST, DWF, FRAN, CPI, DLAR, BEG, KGH, and SFT

Should you be buying Keystone Law Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Keystone Law Group include Johnson Service Group (JSG), RWS (RWS), Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Capita (CPI), De La Rue (DLAR), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Knights Group (KGH), and Software Circle (SFT). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.

Keystone Law Group vs.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Keystone Law Group£92.34M2.17£7.87M£0.242,647.09
Johnson Service Group£494.40M1.18£31M£0.072,008.57

Johnson Service Group received 200 more outperform votes than Keystone Law Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.13% of users gave Johnson Service Group an outperform vote while only 70.00% of users gave Keystone Law Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Keystone Law GroupOutperform Votes
35
70.00%
Underperform Votes
15
30.00%
Johnson Service GroupOutperform Votes
235
74.13%
Underperform Votes
82
25.87%

Keystone Law Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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. 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.

43.3% of Keystone Law Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.1% of Keystone Law Group 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.

Keystone Law Group has a net margin of 8.52% compared to Johnson Service Group's net margin of 6.29%. Keystone Law Group's return on equity of 43.76% beat Johnson Service Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Keystone Law Group8.52% 43.76% 14.36%
Johnson Service Group 6.29%11.11%6.40%

In the previous week, Keystone Law Group had 1 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Keystone Law Group and 1 mentions for Johnson Service Group. Johnson Service Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Keystone Law Group's score of 0.42 indicating that Johnson Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Keystone Law Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
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

Johnson Service Group has a consensus target price of GBX 185, indicating a potential upside of 31.58%. Given Johnson Service Group's higher probable 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
Keystone Law Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Johnson Service Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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

Summary

Keystone Law Group and Johnson Service Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KEYS vs. The Competition

MetricKeystone Law GroupSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£200.69M£6.25B£3.92B£1.40B
Dividend Yield3.37%5.08%4.41%11.79%
P/E Ratio2,647.091,016.76525.841,555.80
Price / Sales2.17126.59414.48210,506.32
Price / Cash17.4136.6827.7933.06
Price / Book11.553.703.582.81
Net Income£7.87M£173.53M£179.69M£153.14M
7 Day Performance0.05%-1.09%-0.70%-0.48%
1 Month Performance15.51%-2.90%-1.26%7.21%
1 Year Performance32.91%95.92%26.68%93.59%

Keystone Law Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KEYS
Keystone Law Group
N/AGBX 635.30
+0.0%
N/A+32.4%£200.69M£92.34M2,647.0976Gap Up
JSG
Johnson Service Group
1.9153 of 5 stars
GBX 140.60
+2.2%
GBX 185
+31.6%
+1.2%£582.79M£494.40M1,965.716,165
RWS
RWS
N/AGBX 142.80
+1.6%
N/A-43.6%£526.49M£717.80M-1,577.787,040Dividend Increase
Gap Up
RST
Restore
3.773 of 5 stars
GBX 261
-3.9%
GBX 380
+45.6%
+31.1%£356.71M£276.90M8,791.672,700Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
DWF
DWF Group
N/AGBX 99.60
flat
N/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 167.15
-0.5%
N/A+20.0%£321.53M£139.19M4,178.75715
CPI
Capita
3.2315 of 5 stars
GBX 17.26
+1.5%
GBX 1,117.50
+6,374.5%
-11.5%£291.69M£2.57B-856.0543,000High Trading Volume
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 103.50
+5.0%
N/A+66.8%£202.90M£310.30M-986.001,841
BEG
Begbies Traynor Group
2.6272 of 5 stars
GBX 92.32
-0.1%
GBX 158
+71.2%
-25.5%£146.25M£136.73M9,200.001,051Dividend Cut
High Trading Volume
KGH
Knights Group
N/AGBX 109
-0.9%
N/A+19.8%£93.75M£149.96M1,000.001,353
SFT
Software Circle
N/AGBX 24
+4.3%
N/A+64.3%£93.62M£16.16M-2,300.00131Gap Down

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This page (LON:KEYS) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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