DLAR vs. JSG, RWS, DWF, RST, FRAN, CPI, BEG, KEYS, SFT, and KGH
Should you be buying De La Rue stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of De La Rue include Johnson Service Group (JSG), RWS (RWS), DWF Group (DWF), Restore (RST), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Capita (CPI), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Software Circle (SFT), and Knights Group (KGH). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
De La Rue vs.
Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) and De La Rue (LON:DLAR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, De La Rue had 16 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for De La Rue and 0 mentions for Johnson Service Group. De La Rue's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Johnson Service Group's score of 0.00 indicating that De La Rue is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. De La Rue pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.8%. Johnson Service Group pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. De La Rue pays out -221.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. De La Rue is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Johnson Service Group has a net margin of 6.29% compared to De La Rue's net margin of -6.45%. De La Rue's return on equity of 160.00% beat Johnson Service Group's return on equity.
Johnson Service Group has higher revenue and earnings than De La Rue. De La Rue 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 received 55 more outperform votes than De La Rue when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.13% of users gave Johnson Service Group an outperform vote while only 64.98% of users gave De La Rue an outperform vote.
Johnson Service Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 185, indicating a potential upside of 40.36%. Given Johnson Service Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Johnson Service Group is more favorable than De La Rue.
Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, De La Rue has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.8% of De La Rue shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of De La Rue shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Johnson Service Group beats De La Rue on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:DLAR) was last updated on 4/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
