RWS vs. SRP, MTO, JSG, DWF, RST, FRAN, CPI, DLAR, KEYS, and BEG
Should you be buying RWS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RWS include Serco Group (SRP), Mitie Group (MTO), Johnson Service Group (JSG), DWF Group (DWF), Restore (RST), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Capita (CPI), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), and Begbies Traynor Group (BEG). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
RWS vs.
Serco Group (LON:SRP) and RWS (LON:RWS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.
Serco Group received 238 more outperform votes than RWS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.63% of users gave RWS an outperform vote while only 48.58% of users gave Serco Group an outperform vote.
Serco Group has higher revenue and earnings than RWS. RWS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Serco Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Serco Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 205, indicating a potential upside of 31.92%. RWS has a consensus target price of GBX 330, indicating a potential upside of 131.39%. Given RWS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RWS is more favorable than Serco Group.
In the previous week, Serco Group and Serco Group both had 4 articles in the media. RWS's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Serco Group's score of 0.26 indicating that RWS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
74.7% of Serco Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of RWS shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Serco Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.2% of RWS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Serco Group has a net margin of 2.92% compared to RWS's net margin of -5.22%. Serco Group's return on equity of 14.08% beat RWS's return on equity.
Serco Group has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RWS has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Serco Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. RWS pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Serco Group pays out 3,076.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RWS pays out -13,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RWS is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
RWS beats Serco Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:RWS) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
