Keystone Law Group (KEYS) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KEYS or JSG?

Johnson Service Group received 199 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 70.59% of users gave Keystone Law Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Keystone Law Group	Outperform Votes 36 70.59%	Underperform Votes 15 29.41%
Johnson Service Group	Outperform Votes 235 74.13%	Underperform Votes 82 25.87%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, KEYS or JSG?

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
Keystone Law Group	£94.56M	1.74	£7.97M	£24.70	20.89
Johnson Service Group	£495.01M	1.13	£31.14M	£7.50	17.91

Is KEYS or JSG a better dividend stock?

Keystone Law Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 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. Johnson Service Group pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

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

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

Which has more volatility and risk, KEYS or JSG?

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

Do analysts rate KEYS or JSG?

Johnson Service Group has a consensus price target of GBX 185, indicating a potential upside of 37.65%. Given Johnson Service Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

Is KEYS or JSG 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
Keystone Law Group	8.43%	45.78%	14.36%
Johnson Service Group	6.29%	10.95%	6.40%

Does the media favor KEYS or JSG?

In the previous week, Keystone Law Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Johnson Service Group's score of -0.03 indicating that Keystone Law Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Keystone Law Group	Neutral
Johnson Service Group	Neutral

Summary

Keystone Law Group beats Johnson Service Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.