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Serco Group (SRP) Competitors

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GBX 155.70 +0.70 (+0.45%)
(As of 10:26 AM ET)

SRP vs. MTO, JSG, RWS, RST, DWF, FRAN, CPI, KEYS, DLAR, and BEG

Should you be buying Serco Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Serco Group include Mitie Group (MTO), Johnson Service Group (JSG), RWS (RWS), Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Capita (CPI), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), De La Rue (DLAR), and Begbies Traynor Group (BEG). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.

Serco Group vs.

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

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

Serco Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 205, suggesting a potential upside of 32.26%. Mitie Group has a consensus price target of GBX 145, suggesting a potential upside of 30.63%. Given Serco Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Serco Group is more favorable than Mitie Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Serco Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Mitie Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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
Serco Group2.92% 14.08% 4.45%
Mitie Group 2.84%29.24%5.94%

Serco Group has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mitie Group has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more 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%. Mitie Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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. 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 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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Serco GroupOutperform Votes
445
48.58%
Underperform Votes
471
51.42%
Mitie GroupOutperform Votes
384
51.34%
Underperform Votes
364
48.66%

In the previous week, Serco Group had 2 more articles in the media than Mitie Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Serco Group and 2 mentions for Mitie Group. Mitie Group's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Serco Group's score of 0.14 indicating that Mitie Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Serco Group£4.76B0.34£139M£0.131,192.31
Mitie Group£4.45B0.31£126.30M£0.091,233.33

Summary

Serco Group and Mitie Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SRP vs. The Competition

MetricSerco GroupSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.60B£6.39B£4.02B£1.47B
Dividend Yield2.00%5.11%4.41%11.72%
P/E Ratio1,192.31997.85523.851,616.54
Price / Sales0.34122.38400.48225,604.63
Price / Cash10.4537.2828.2731.46
Price / Book1.683.453.552.77
Net Income£139M£178.87M£183.50M£160.17M
7 Day Performance0.39%-0.97%-1.07%4.15%
1 Month Performance-14.51%-3.59%-1.81%2.61%
1 Year Performance-0.70%100.75%26.71%99.88%

Serco Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SRP
Serco Group
1.7288 of 5 stars
GBX 155.70
+0.5%
GBX 205
+31.7%
-0.7%£1.60B£4.76B1,197.6950,000
MTO
Mitie Group
2.9564 of 5 stars
GBX 105.60
-4.9%
GBX 145
+37.3%
+4.1%£1.31B£4.45B1,146.4168,145Dividend Cut
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
JSG
Johnson Service Group
1.9727 of 5 stars
GBX 139.40
+1.3%
GBX 185
+32.7%
+1.2%£577.81M£494.40M1,965.716,165
RWS
RWS
N/AGBX 142.80
+1.6%
N/A-43.6%£526.49M£717.80M-1,577.787,040Dividend Increase
Gap Up
RST
Restore
3.7623 of 5 stars
GBX 264.10
-2.7%
GBX 380
+43.9%
+31.1%£360.95M£276.90M9,068.332,700Gap Down
DWF
DWF Group
N/AGBX 99.60
flat
N/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 169
+0.6%
N/A+20.0%£325.09M£139.19M4,178.75715
CPI
Capita
3.2282 of 5 stars
GBX 17.29
+1.7%
GBX 1,117.50
+6,362.5%
-11.5%£292.24M£2.57B-856.0543,000
KEYS
Keystone Law Group
N/AGBX 645
+1.6%
N/A+32.4%£203.76M£92.34M2,687.5076Gap Up
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 98
-0.6%
N/A+66.8%£192.12M£310.30M-986.001,841
BEG
Begbies Traynor Group
2.6071 of 5 stars
GBX 92.61
+0.2%
GBX 158
+70.6%
-25.5%£146.71M£136.73M9,200.001,051Dividend Cut

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This page (LON:SRP) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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