KGH vs. JSG, RST, DWF, RWS, FRAN, DLAR, KEYS, BEG, INSE, and SFT
Should you be buying Knights Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Knights Group include Johnson Service Group (JSG), Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), RWS (RWS), Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Inspired (INSE), and Software Circle (SFT). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Knights Group vs. Its Competitors
Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) and Knights Group (LON:KGH) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Knights Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Johnson Service Group pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Knights Group pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Knights Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knights Group has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of Knights Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.1% of Knights Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Knights Group has a net margin of 6.82% compared to Johnson Service Group's net margin of 6.29%. Johnson Service Group's return on equity of 10.95% beat Knights Group's return on equity.
Johnson Service Group has higher revenue and earnings than Knights Group. Knights Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Johnson Service Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Johnson Service Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 40.85%. Given Johnson Service Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Johnson Service Group is more favorable than Knights Group.
In the previous week, Johnson Service Group had 2 more articles in the media than Knights Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Johnson Service Group and 3 mentions for Knights Group. Johnson Service Group's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Knights Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Johnson Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Johnson Service Group beats Knights Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:KGH) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
