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Keystone Law Group (KEYS) Competitors

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

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), Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), RWS (RWS), Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Knights Group (KGH), Inspired (INSE), and Software Circle (SFT). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.

Keystone Law Group vs. Its Competitors

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

Johnson Service Group has a consensus price target of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 43.27%. Given Johnson Service Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Johnson Service Group is more favorable than Keystone Law Group.

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

Keystone Law Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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 pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

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
Keystone Law Group8.43% 45.78% 14.36%
Johnson Service Group 6.29%10.95%6.40%

In the previous week, Keystone Law Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Johnson Service Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Keystone Law Group Neutral
Johnson Service Group Neutral

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
Keystone Law Group£94.56M2.02£7.97M£24.7024.17
Johnson Service Group£495.01M1.17£31.14M£7.5018.60

43.3% of Keystone Law Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by institutional investors. 43.1% of Keystone Law 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

Summary

Keystone Law Group beats Johnson Service Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KEYS vs. The Competition

MetricKeystone Law GroupSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£190.55M£6.21B£7.69B£3.17B
Dividend Yield3.65%4.93%4.55%5.04%
P/E Ratio24.1732.7026.13169.05
Price / Sales2.02131.6098.24464,526.94
Price / Cash17.4140.5428.6727.93
Price / Book10.807.464.116.83
Net Income£7.97M£144.67M£796.90M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.50%-0.43%-0.05%0.15%
1 Month Performance-4.30%-2.03%0.39%49.89%
1 Year Performance-9.27%36.62%27.37%152.06%

Keystone Law Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KEYS
Keystone Law Group
N/AGBX 597
-1.0%
N/A-7.5%£190.55M£94.56M24.1776
JSG
Johnson Service Group
2.704 of 5 stars
GBX 142.40
+0.7%
GBX 200
+40.4%
-10.8%£590.88M£495.01M18.986,165
RST
Restore
3.1266 of 5 stars
GBX 263.27
+0.1%
GBX 363.67
+38.1%
-7.0%£353.52M£272.77M92.612,700
DWF
DWF Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340
RWS
RWS
2.851 of 5 stars
GBX 83.90
-1.2%
GBX 240
+186.1%
-52.3%£309.44M£707.82M-8.357,040News Coverage
Dividend Increase
Gap Down
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 136
-0.7%
N/A-26.3%£262.87M£120.55M34.14715
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 130
flat
N/AN/A£251.69M£307.43M-12.541,841
BEG
Begbies Traynor Group
2.2785 of 5 stars
GBX 117.86
+0.7%
GBX 152.33
+29.3%
+16.1%£187.66M£137.32M128.411,051Dividend Cut
KGH
Knights Group
N/AGBX 178
+1.7%
N/A+38.9%£152.22M£143.94M15.461,353News Coverage
Gap Down
INSE
Inspired
N/AGBX 80.50
flat
N/A+17.6%£128.51M£155.87M73.711,600Positive News
SFT
Software Circle
N/AGBX 26.94
-5.1%
N/A+45.9%£105.09M£16.16M-2,694.00131Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:KEYS) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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