BEG vs. JSG, RST, DWF, RWS, FRAN, DLAR, KEYS, KGH, SFT, and INSE
Should you be buying Begbies Traynor Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Begbies Traynor Group include Johnson Service Group (JSG), Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), RWS (RWS), Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Knights Group (KGH), Software Circle (SFT), and Inspired (INSE). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Begbies Traynor Group vs.
Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) and Begbies Traynor Group (LON:BEG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Begbies Traynor Group has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Johnson Service Group has higher revenue and earnings than Begbies Traynor Group. Johnson Service Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Begbies Traynor Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Begbies Traynor Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Johnson Service Group pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Begbies Traynor Group pays out 435.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Johnson Service Group has a net margin of 6.29% compared to Begbies Traynor Group's net margin of 1.06%. Johnson Service Group's return on equity of 10.95% beat Begbies Traynor Group's return on equity.
74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.8% of Begbies Traynor Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.5% of Begbies Traynor Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Johnson Service Group received 10 more outperform votes than Begbies Traynor Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.13% of users gave Johnson Service Group an outperform vote while only 72.35% of users gave Begbies Traynor Group an outperform vote.
Johnson Service Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 40.25%. Begbies Traynor Group has a consensus price target of GBX 150, suggesting a potential upside of 55.60%. Given Begbies Traynor Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Begbies Traynor Group is more favorable than Johnson Service Group.
In the previous week, Johnson Service Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Begbies Traynor Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Johnson Service Group beats Begbies Traynor Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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