KEYS vs. JSG, RWS, DWF, RST, FRAN, DLAR, CPI, 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), DWF Group (DWF), Restore (RST), Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), Capita (CPI), 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.
Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) and Keystone Law Group (LON:KEYS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Keystone Law Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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.
74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.3% of Keystone Law Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.1% of Keystone Law Group shares are owned by 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.
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.
Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keystone Law Group has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
Johnson Service Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 185, indicating a potential upside of 40.36%. Given Johnson Service Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Johnson Service Group is more favorable than Keystone Law Group.
In the previous week, Keystone Law Group had 1 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Keystone Law Group and 0 mentions for Johnson Service Group. Johnson Service Group's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Keystone Law Group's score of -0.92 indicating that Johnson Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Johnson Service Group and Keystone Law Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:KEYS) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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