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Serco Group (SRP) Competitors

GBX 175.80
-6.30 (-3.46%)
(As of 05/28/2024 ET)

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 vs.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Serco GroupOutperform Votes
442
48.52%
Underperform Votes
469
51.48%
Mitie GroupOutperform Votes
383
51.27%
Underperform Votes
364
48.73%

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Serco Group4.15% 19.62% 4.40%
Mitie Group 2.38%24.25%5.21%

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.

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

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.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Serco Group£4.87B0.39£202.40M£0.18976.67
Mitie Group£4.15B0.37£98.70M£0.071,702.86

Summary

Serco Group beats Mitie Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SRP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SRP vs. The Competition

MetricSerco GroupSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.88B£6.20B£3.84B£1.50B
Dividend Yield1.87%4.96%4.40%11.28%
P/E Ratio976.67790.15318.131,741.99
Price / Sales0.39127.12593.17311,460.04
Price / Cash10.4536.6829.0325.14
Price / Book1.853.684.562.79
Net Income£202.40M£164.56M£195.21M£170.63M
7 Day Performance-2.87%-0.69%0.37%4.61%
1 Month Performance-3.35%1.83%3.57%4.16%
1 Year Performance20.74%99.62%21.41%14.09%

Serco Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTO
Mitie Group
0.7183 of 5 stars
GBX 120.60
-2.9%
GBX 125
+3.6%
+35.6%£1.54B£4.15B1,722.8665,000News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
JSG
Johnson Service Group
0.2752 of 5 stars
GBX 171.20
+2.1%
GBX 170
-0.7%
+50.1%£709.49M£465.30M2,853.336,165Gap Up
RWS
RWS
2.956 of 5 stars
GBX 187.60
-0.7%
GBX 300
+59.9%
-26.3%£691.72M£733.80M-2,680.007,040Dividend Increase
Gap Down
BBY
Balfour Beatty
0 of 5 stars
GBX 371.60
+0.3%
N/A+0.1%£1.97B£7.99B1,061.7126,140Gap Down
GFTU
Grafton Group
1.1584 of 5 stars
GBX 985
+0.3%
GBX 1,146.67
+16.4%
+24.8%£1.97B£2.32B1,172.629,000News Coverage
WIZZ
Wizz Air
0.3309 of 5 stars
GBX 1,950
-2.5%
GBX 2,500
+28.2%
-24.9%£2.02B£4.91B-447.257,389
DATA
GlobalData
0 of 5 stars
GBX 226
-0.9%
N/A-83.0%£1.82B£273.10M5,650.003,532
TPK
Travis Perkins
0.2291 of 5 stars
GBX 840
-0.7%
GBX 863
+2.7%
-4.0%£1.77B£4.86B4,666.6719,172News Coverage
QQ
QinetiQ Group
0.6465 of 5 stars
GBX 372
-0.4%
GBX 443.40
+19.2%
+11.7%£2.12B£1.79B2,066.678,268Dividend Increase
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
RHIM
RHI Magnesita
0.5374 of 5 stars
GBX 3,575
-0.3%
GBX 4,033.33
+12.8%
+73.4%£1.69B£3.57B1,215.9915,659High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:SRP) was last updated on 5/28/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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