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Serco Group (SRP) Competitors

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GBX 153 +2.60 (+1.73%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:19 PM ET)

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

Should you be buying Serco Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Serco Group include Mitie Group (MTO), RWS (RWS), Johnson Service Group (JSG), Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), 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.

Serco Group vs.

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

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 Group2.84% 29.24% 5.94%
Serco Group 2.92%14.08%4.45%

In the previous week, Mitie Group had 3 more articles in the media than Serco Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Mitie Group and 2 mentions for Serco Group. Mitie Group's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Serco Group's score of -0.19 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Serco Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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
Mitie Group£4.45B0.31£126.30M£0.091,224.34
Serco Group£4.76B0.33£139M£0.131,176.92

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

Mitie Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 145, suggesting a potential upside of 31.59%. Serco Group has a consensus target price of GBX 205, suggesting a potential upside of 33.99%. 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
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

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

Mitie Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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.

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

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SRP vs. The Competition

MetricSerco GroupSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.58B£6.55B£4.34B£1.68B
Dividend Yield2.00%5.08%4.12%11.86%
P/E Ratio1,176.92967.23373.021,647.28
Price / Sales0.33125.69442.68344,513.94
Price / Cash10.4537.5728.5937.88
Price / Book1.663.683.262.81
Net Income£139M£178.72M£188.67M£149.14M
7 Day Performance7.07%-1.45%-1.10%-1.78%
1 Month Performance-1.65%1.99%-0.11%15.73%
1 Year Performance-4.38%84.37%25.36%26.55%

Serco Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SRP
Serco Group
1.3207 of 5 stars
GBX 153
+1.7%
GBX 205
+34.0%
-4.2%£1.58B£4.76B1,176.9250,000Negative News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
MTO
Mitie Group
2.8437 of 5 stars
GBX 110
-0.9%
GBX 145
+31.8%
+8.5%£1.36B£4.45B1,222.2268,145Gap Down
RWS
RWS
3.6966 of 5 stars
GBX 180.73
-2.7%
GBX 330
+82.6%
-26.1%£666.33M£717.80M-2,004.447,040
JSG
Johnson Service Group
N/AGBX 141
-1.9%
GBX 185
+31.2%
-2.7%£584.45M£494.40M2,054.296,165
RST
Restore
N/AGBX 257
+0.4%
GBX 380
+47.9%
+8.4%£351.24M£276.90M8,500.002,700Positive News
DWF
DWF Group
N/AGBX 99.60
flat
N/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 155.60
-2.1%
N/A-3.0%£299.31M£139.19M3,975.00715
CPI
Capita
2.5923 of 5 stars
GBX 17.44
+3.3%
GBX 1,117.50
+6,307.7%
-34.4%£294.74M£2.57B-852.1543,000
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 106
-1.9%
N/A+28.4%£207.80M£310.30M-1,080.001,841News Coverage
KEYS
Keystone Law Group
N/AGBX 570
-0.3%
N/A+9.4%£180.06M£92.34M2,375.0076News Coverage
High Trading Volume
BEG
Begbies Traynor Group
2.2639 of 5 stars
GBX 97
-1.0%
GBX 150
+54.6%
-19.3%£153.67M£136.73M9,941.601,051Gap Up

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This page (LON:SRP) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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