RWS vs. JSG, FRAN, RST, CPI, KEYS, BEG, DLAR, MTO, SRP, and VLX
Should you be buying RWS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RWS include Johnson Service Group (JSG), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Restore (RST), Capita (CPI), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), De La Rue (DLAR), Mitie Group (MTO), Serco Group (SRP), and Volex (VLX). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
RWS (LON:RWS) and Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Johnson Service Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than RWS. RWS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Johnson Service Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Johnson Service Group has a net margin of 5.87% compared to RWS's net margin of -3.78%. Johnson Service Group's return on equity of 9.65% beat RWS's return on equity.
RWS pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. RWS pays out -17,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Johnson Service Group pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RWS is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
81.7% of RWS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by institutional investors. 24.9% of RWS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Johnson Service 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.
Johnson Service Group received 29 more outperform votes than RWS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.12% of users gave Johnson Service Group an outperform vote while only 71.23% of users gave RWS an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Johnson Service Group had 1 more articles in the media than RWS. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Johnson Service Group and 2 mentions for RWS. Johnson Service Group's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat RWS's score of 0.08 indicating that Johnson Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RWS has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
RWS presently has a consensus price target of GBX 300, suggesting a potential upside of 69.88%. Johnson Service Group has a consensus price target of GBX 160, suggesting a potential upside of 18.22%. Given RWS's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe RWS is more favorable than Johnson Service Group.
Summary
Johnson Service Group beats RWS on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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