Serco Group (SRP) Competitors

Mitie Group (LON:MTO) and Serco Group (LON:SRP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.

Is MTO or SRP more profitable?

Serco Group has a net margin of 2.87% compared to Mitie Group's net margin of 2.52%. Mitie Group's return on equity of 28.24% beat Serco Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mitie Group	2.52%	28.24%	5.94%
Serco Group	2.87%	13.70%	4.45%

Do analysts rate MTO or SRP?

Mitie Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 152.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.72%. Serco Group has a consensus price target of GBX 205, suggesting a potential upside of 29.42%. Given Serco Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Serco Group is more favorable than Mitie Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mitie Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Serco Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media prefer MTO or SRP?

In the previous week, Mitie Group had 1 more articles in the media than Serco Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Mitie Group and 0 mentions for Serco Group. Mitie Group's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Serco Group's score of -0.30 indicating that Mitie Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mitie Group	Positive
Serco Group	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in MTO or SRP?

78.0% of Mitie Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of Serco Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Mitie Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Serco Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, MTO or SRP?

Mitie Group has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Serco Group has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MTO or SRP a better dividend stock?

Mitie Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Serco Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Mitie Group pays out 41.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Serco Group pays out 31.2% 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.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, MTO or SRP?

Serco Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mitie Group. Serco Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mitie 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
Mitie Group	£4.80B	0.31	£120.92M	£9.62	12.41
Serco Group	£4.54B	0.35	£130.15M	£12.84	12.34

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MTO or SRP?

Serco Group received 60 more outperform votes than Mitie Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 51.40% of users gave Mitie Group an outperform vote while only 48.53% of users gave Serco Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mitie Group	Outperform Votes 385 51.40%	Underperform Votes 364 48.60%
Serco Group	Outperform Votes 445 48.53%	Underperform Votes 472 51.47%

Summary

Mitie Group beats Serco Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.