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Keystone Law Group (KEYS) Competitors

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KEYS vs. JSG, RWS, DWF, RST, FRAN, DLAR, CPI, BEG, SFT, and KGH

Should you be buying Keystone Law Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Keystone Law Group include Johnson Service Group (JSG), RWS (RWS), DWF Group (DWF), Restore (RST), Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), Capita (CPI), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Software Circle (SFT), and Knights Group (KGH). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.

Keystone Law Group vs.

Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) and Keystone Law Group (LON:KEYS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking and risk.

Keystone Law Group has a net margin of 8.43% compared to Johnson Service Group's net margin of 6.29%. Keystone Law Group's return on equity of 45.78% beat Johnson Service Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Johnson Service Group6.29% 10.95% 6.40%
Keystone Law Group 8.43%45.78%14.36%

Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keystone Law Group has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Keystone Law Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Johnson Service Group pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Keystone Law Group pays out 76.9% 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 received 198 more outperform votes than Keystone Law Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.13% of users gave Johnson Service Group an outperform vote while only 71.15% of users gave Keystone Law Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Johnson Service GroupOutperform Votes
235
74.13%
Underperform Votes
82
25.87%
Keystone Law GroupOutperform Votes
37
71.15%
Underperform Votes
15
28.85%

Johnson Service Group has higher revenue and earnings than Keystone Law Group. Johnson Service Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Keystone Law Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Johnson Service Group£495.01M1.17£31.14M£7.5018.66
Keystone Law Group£94.56M1.80£7.97M£24.7021.62

In the previous week, Johnson Service Group and Johnson Service Group both had 2 articles in the media. Keystone Law Group's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Johnson Service Group's score of 0.33 indicating that Keystone Law Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Johnson Service Group Neutral
Keystone Law Group Neutral

74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.3% of Keystone Law Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.1% of Keystone Law Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Johnson Service Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 185, suggesting a potential upside of 32.14%. Given Johnson Service Group's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Johnson Service Group is more favorable than Keystone Law Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Johnson Service Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Keystone Law Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Keystone Law Group beats Johnson Service Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KEYS vs. The Competition

MetricKeystone Law GroupSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£170.44M£6.56B£7.25B£2.58B
Dividend Yield3.65%4.93%3.56%4.97%
P/E Ratio21.6229.9421.09133.47
Price / Sales1.80129.2182.36232,198.73
Price / Cash17.4140.5426.9028.14
Price / Book9.667.263.774.61
Net Income£7.97M£144.67M£808.20M£5.84B
7 Day Performance4.30%46.05%4.05%3.08%
1 Month Performance6.16%36.82%2.43%10.21%
1 Year Performance-19.09%34.12%15.05%117.30%

Keystone Law Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KEYS
Keystone Law Group
N/AGBX 534
+0.9%
N/A-20.0%£170.44M£94.56M21.6276Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
JSG
Johnson Service Group
2.417 of 5 stars
GBX 130.40
+0.9%
GBX 185
+41.9%
+3.4%£541.09M£495.01M17.386,165News Coverage
RWS
RWS
3.8201 of 5 stars
GBX 114.80
+2.9%
GBX 330
+187.5%
-61.5%£423.40M£707.82M-11.427,040Dividend Increase
Insider Trade
DWF
DWF Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340News Coverage
RST
Restore
3.564 of 5 stars
GBX 225.10
-1.3%
GBX 390
+73.3%
-2.3%£302.26M£272.77M79.192,700
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 136
flat
N/A-23.6%£262.87M£120.55M34.14715
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 129.03
+0.4%
N/A+32.1%£249.81M£307.43M-12.451,841
CPI
Capita
2.5327 of 5 stars
GBX 12.76
+3.1%
GBX 1,117.50
+8,657.8%
+1,324.2%£215.58M£2.48B-5.2843,000News Coverage
BEG
Begbies Traynor Group
1.9247 of 5 stars
GBX 96.60
+0.2%
GBX 150
+55.3%
-13.2%£153.81M£137.32M105.251,051Dividend Cut
SFT
Software Circle
N/AGBX 28
-3.4%
N/A+58.2%£109.22M£16.16M-2,800.00131Gap Down
KGH
Knights Group
N/AGBX 126.95
+0.8%
N/A+6.1%£108.56M£143.94M11.031,353Gap Up

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