SRP vs. MTO, JSG, RWS, BBY, GFTU, WIZZ, DATA, TPK, QQ, and RHIM
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), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Grafton Group (GFTU), Wizz Air (WIZZ), GlobalData (DATA), Travis Perkins (TPK), QinetiQ Group (QQ), and RHI Magnesita (RHIM). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Serco Group (LON:SRP) and Mitie Group (LON:MTO) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Serco Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Mitie Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Serco Group pays out 1,666.7% 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 4,285.7% 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 59 more outperform votes than Mitie Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 51.27% of users gave Mitie Group an outperform vote while only 48.52% of users gave Serco Group an outperform vote.
Serco Group has a net margin of 4.15% compared to Mitie Group's net margin of 2.38%. Mitie Group's return on equity of 24.25% beat Serco Group's return on equity.
Serco Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 190, indicating a potential upside of 8.08%. Mitie Group has a consensus target price of GBX 125, indicating a potential upside of 4.87%. Given Serco Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Serco Group is more favorable than Mitie Group.
In the previous week, Serco Group had 1 more articles in the media than Mitie Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Serco Group and 1 mentions for Mitie Group. Mitie Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Serco Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Mitie Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
70.0% of Serco Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.6% of Mitie Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Serco Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Mitie Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Serco Group has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mitie Group has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Serco Group beats Mitie Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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