FRAN vs. JSG, RST, DWF, RWS, CPI, DLAR, BEG, KEYS, KGH, and INSE
Should you be buying Franchise Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franchise Brands include Johnson Service Group (JSG), Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), RWS (RWS), Capita (CPI), 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.
Franchise Brands vs. Its Competitors
Franchise Brands (LON:FRAN) and Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
11.2% of Franchise Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.8% of Franchise Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Franchise Brands had 6 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Franchise Brands and 2 mentions for Johnson Service Group. Johnson Service Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Franchise Brands' score of 0.29 indicating that Johnson Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Johnson Service Group has a consensus target price of GBX 177.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.21%. Given Johnson Service Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Johnson Service Group is more favorable than Franchise Brands.
Franchise Brands has a net margin of 6.43% compared to Johnson Service Group's net margin of 6.29%. Johnson Service Group's return on equity of 10.95% beat Franchise Brands' return on equity.
Franchise Brands pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Franchise Brands pays out 59.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Johnson Service Group pays out 46.0% 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. Johnson Service Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Johnson Service Group has higher revenue and earnings than Franchise Brands. Johnson Service Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franchise Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Franchise Brands has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Johnson Service Group beats Franchise Brands on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:FRAN) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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