JSG vs. MTO, SRP, DWF, RST, 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 Mitie Group (MTO), Serco Group (SRP), DWF Group (DWF), Restore (RST), 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.
Mitie Group (LON:MTO) and Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.
78.0% of Mitie Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Mitie Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Johnson Service Group shares are held 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, Mitie Group had 4 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Mitie Group and 0 mentions for Johnson Service Group. Mitie Group's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Johnson Service Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Mitie Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mitie Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Mitie Group pays out 41.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Johnson Service Group pays out 40.0% 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.
Mitie Group has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mitie Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 155, indicating a potential upside of 0.43%. Johnson Service Group has a consensus target price of GBX 200, indicating a potential upside of 40.25%. Given Johnson Service Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Johnson Service Group is more favorable than Mitie Group.
Johnson Service Group has a net margin of 6.29% compared to Mitie Group's net margin of 2.52%. Mitie Group's return on equity of 28.24% beat Johnson Service Group's return on equity.
Mitie Group has higher revenue and earnings than Johnson Service Group. Mitie 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.
Mitie Group received 151 more outperform votes than Johnson Service Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.13% of users gave Johnson Service Group an outperform vote while only 51.47% of users gave Mitie Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Mitie Group beats Johnson Service Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:JSG) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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