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Capita (CPI) Competitors

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GBX 258 +4.50 (+1.78%)
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CPI vs. JSG, RST, DWF, RWS, FRAN, DLAR, BEG, KEYS, INSE, and KGH

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), Inspired (INSE), and Knights Group (KGH). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.

Capita vs. Its Competitors

Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) and Capita (LON:CPI) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capita has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Johnson Service Group6.29% 10.95% 6.40%
Capita -1.64%-28.00%1.57%

Johnson Service Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Johnson Service Group£526.80M1.10£31.14M£0.091,687.36
Capita£2.34B0.13-£40.73M£0.141,902.65

Johnson Service Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 177.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.91%. Capita has a consensus price target of GBX 405, suggesting a potential upside of 56.98%. Given Capita's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Capita is more favorable than Johnson Service Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Johnson Service Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Capita
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

40.0% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Capita shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of Capita shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Capita had 2 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Capita and 3 mentions for Johnson Service Group. Capita's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Johnson Service Group's score of 0.93 indicating that Capita is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Johnson Service Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Capita
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Capita beats Johnson Service Group on 9 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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CPI vs. The Competition

MetricCapitaSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£293.47M£7.10B£7.77B£2.57B
Dividend Yield6.80%4.84%4.57%5.31%
P/E Ratio1,902.65712.57307.825,427.87
Price / Sales0.13111.98213.5197,460.80
Price / Cash1.0740.5428.9127.93
Price / Book25.567.514.689.27
Net Income-£40.73M£144.67M£798.53M£5.89B
7 Day Performance2.18%1.70%1.38%0.77%
1 Month Performance12.17%1.18%2.46%44.86%
1 Year Performance1,273.80%40.81%26.68%183.55%

Capita Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPI
Capita
3.853 of 5 stars
GBX 258
+1.8%
GBX 405
+57.0%
N/A£293.47M£2.34B1,902.6543,000News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
JSG
Johnson Service Group
2.0014 of 5 stars
GBX 147.17
-1.9%
GBX 177.50
+20.6%
-9.0%£599.16M£526.80M1,691.616,165
RST
Restore
3.4132 of 5 stars
GBX 268
+1.9%
GBX 362.75
+35.4%
+1.8%£363.52M£296M4,000.002,700
DWF
DWF Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340
RWS
RWS
2.5774 of 5 stars
GBX 87.40
-1.7%
GBX 240
+174.6%
-45.4%£323.21M£712.20M1,304.487,040News Coverage
Dividend Increase
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 138
-0.7%
N/A-14.6%£265.56M£139.35M3,432.84715
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 130
flat
N/AN/A£251.69M£307.43M-12.541,841
BEG
Begbies Traynor Group
2.7074 of 5 stars
GBX 122.50
+0.8%
GBX 152.33
+24.4%
+20.8%£194.77M£153.70M3,223.681,051News Coverage
Dividend Cut
Analyst Forecast
KEYS
Keystone Law Group
N/AGBX 595
flat
N/A-1.6%£184.91M£97.70M2,236.8476High Trading Volume
INSE
Inspired
N/AGBX 80.50
flat
N/A+60.5%£132.92M£93.79M923.171,600
KGH
Knights Group
N/AGBX 158
-0.9%
N/A+25.7%£126.87M£154.08M1,237.271,353Positive News
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This page (LON:CPI) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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