JSG vs. SRP, MTO, RST, DWF, RWS, FRAN, DLAR, KEYS, BEG, and KGH
Should you be buying Johnson Service Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Johnson Service Group include Serco Group (SRP), Mitie Group (MTO), Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), RWS (RWS), Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), and Knights Group (KGH). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Johnson Service Group vs. Its Competitors
Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) and Serco Group (LON:SRP) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
Johnson Service Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 45.35%. Given Johnson Service Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Johnson Service Group is more favorable than Serco Group.
Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Serco Group has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Johnson Service Group and Johnson Service Group both had 1 articles in the media. Johnson Service Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Serco Group's score of 0.10 indicating that Johnson Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Serco Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Johnson Service Group pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Serco Group pays out 31.2% 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.
Serco Group has higher revenue and earnings than Johnson Service Group. Serco Group 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.
74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of Serco Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Serco Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Johnson Service Group has a net margin of 6.29% compared to Serco Group's net margin of 2.87%. Serco Group's return on equity of 13.70% beat Johnson Service Group's return on equity.
Summary
Johnson Service Group beats Serco Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:JSG) was last updated on 7/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
