JSG vs. SRP, MTO, RWS, RST, DWF, FRAN, CPI, KEYS, DLAR, and BEG
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), RWS (RWS), Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Capita (CPI), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), De La Rue (DLAR), and Begbies Traynor Group (BEG). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Serco Group (LON:SRP) and Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
Johnson Service Group has a net margin of 5.87% compared to Johnson Service Group's net margin of 4.15%. Johnson Service Group's return on equity of 19.62% beat Serco Group's return on equity.
Serco Group received 210 more outperform votes than Johnson Service Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.97% of users gave Johnson Service Group an outperform vote while only 48.52% of users gave Serco Group an outperform vote.
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.
Serco Group has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Serco Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Serco Group pays out 1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Johnson Service Group pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Serco Group had 1 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Serco Group and 1 mentions for Johnson Service Group. Serco Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Johnson Service Group's score of 0.20 indicating that Johnson Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Serco Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 205, suggesting a potential upside of 5.67%. Johnson Service Group has a consensus price target of GBX 170, suggesting a potential upside of 4.29%. Given Johnson Service Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Serco Group is more favorable than Johnson Service Group.
70.2% of Serco Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.7% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Serco Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Serco Group and Johnson Service Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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