KEYS vs. CPI, DLAR, BEG, KGH, RST, INSE, SFT, WATR, FRAN, and JSG
Should you be buying Keystone Law Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Keystone Law Group include Capita (CPI), De La Rue (DLAR), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Knights Group (KGH), Restore (RST), Inspired (INSE), Software Circle (SFT), Water Intelligence (WATR), Franchise Brands (FRAN), and Johnson Service Group (JSG). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Capita (LON:CPI) and Keystone Law Group (LON:KEYS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Keystone Law Group has a net margin of 8.59% compared to Keystone Law Group's net margin of -6.33%. Capita's return on equity of 43.96% beat Keystone Law Group's return on equity.
Keystone Law Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Capita. Capita is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Keystone Law Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capita has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keystone Law Group has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Capita received 429 more outperform votes than Keystone Law Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave Keystone Law Group an outperform vote while only 52.85% of users gave Capita an outperform vote.
Capita currently has a consensus target price of GBX 917.50, indicating a potential upside of 6,777.81%. Given Keystone Law Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Capita is more favorable than Keystone Law Group.
In the previous week, Capita had 6 more articles in the media than Keystone Law Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Capita and 0 mentions for Keystone Law Group. Capita's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Keystone Law Group's score of 0.04 indicating that Keystone Law Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Capita pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 239.9%. Keystone Law Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Capita pays out -32,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Keystone Law Group pays out 7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Capita is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
79.3% of Capita shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of Keystone Law Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Capita shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.4% of Keystone Law Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Keystone Law Group beats Capita on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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