CPI vs. JSG, RST, DWF, RWS, FRAN, DLAR, BEG, KEYS, KGH, and INSE
Should you be buying Capita stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capita include Johnson Service Group (JSG), Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), RWS (RWS), Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Knights Group (KGH), and Inspired (INSE). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Capita vs. Its Competitors
Capita (LON:CPI) and Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
Capita has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Johnson Service Group had 1 more articles in the media than Capita. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Johnson Service Group and 1 mentions for Capita. Johnson Service Group's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Capita's score of 0.37 indicating that Johnson Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
52.4% of Capita shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of Capita shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by 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.
Capita presently has a consensus target price of GBX 405, indicating a potential upside of 60.08%. Johnson Service Group has a consensus target price of GBX 177.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.21%. Given Capita's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Capita is more favorable than Johnson Service Group.
Johnson Service Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Capita. Johnson Service Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capita, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Johnson Service Group has a net margin of 6.29% compared to Capita's net margin of -1.64%. Johnson Service Group's return on equity of 10.95% beat Capita's return on equity.
Summary
Capita and Johnson Service Group tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:CPI) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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