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 businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MTO or SRP?

Serco Group received 61 more outperform votes than Mitie Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 51.34% of users gave Mitie Group an outperform vote while only 48.58% of users gave Serco Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mitie Group	Outperform Votes 384 51.34%	Underperform Votes 364 48.66%
Serco Group	Outperform Votes 445 48.58%	Underperform Votes 471 51.42%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MTO or SRP?

78.0% of Mitie Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of Serco Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Mitie Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Serco Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 3.5%. Serco Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Mitie Group pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

Does the media prefer MTO or SRP?

In the previous week, Mitie Group had 2 more articles in the media than Serco Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Mitie Group and 1 mentions for Serco Group. Mitie Group's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Serco Group's score of 0.56 indicating that Mitie Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mitie Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Serco Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate MTO or SRP?

Mitie Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 145, indicating a potential upside of 27.64%. Serco Group has a consensus price target of GBX 205, indicating a potential upside of 33.55%. Given Serco Group's higher possible 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)	1 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

Which has more risk and volatility, MTO or SRP?

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, MTO or SRP?

Serco Group has higher revenue and 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	£4.45B	0.32	£126.30M	£0.09	1,262.22
Serco Group	£4.76B	0.33	£139M	£0.13	1,180.77

Is MTO or SRP more profitable?

Serco Group has a net margin of 2.92% compared to Mitie Group's net margin of 2.84%. Mitie Group's return on equity of 29.24% beat Serco Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mitie Group	2.84%	29.24%	5.94%
Serco Group	2.92%	14.08%	4.45%

Summary

Mitie Group beats Serco Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.