RST vs. RWS, JSG, DWF, FRAN, CPI, DLAR, KEYS, BEG, KGH, and SFT
Should you be buying Restore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Restore include RWS (RWS), Johnson Service Group (JSG), DWF Group (DWF), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Capita (CPI), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Knights Group (KGH), and Software Circle (SFT). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Restore vs.
RWS (LON:RWS) and Restore (LON:RST) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, RWS had 1 more articles in the media than Restore. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for RWS and 1 mentions for Restore. Restore's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat RWS's score of 0.38 indicating that Restore is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
69.3% of RWS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Restore shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.2% of RWS shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Restore shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Restore has lower revenue, but higher earnings than RWS. RWS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Restore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Restore has a net margin of 1.37% compared to RWS's net margin of -5.22%. Restore's return on equity of 1.62% beat RWS's return on equity.
RWS has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restore has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
RWS presently has a consensus target price of GBX 330, suggesting a potential upside of 108.60%. Restore has a consensus target price of GBX 380, suggesting a potential upside of 71.95%. Given RWS's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RWS is more favorable than Restore.
Restore received 116 more outperform votes than RWS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.77% of users gave Restore an outperform vote while only 71.63% of users gave RWS an outperform vote.
RWS pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Restore pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. RWS pays out -13,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Restore pays out 16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RWS is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Restore beats RWS on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:RST) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
