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Keystone Law Group (KEYS) Competitors

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GBX 612 +2.00 (+0.33%)
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KEYS vs. JSG, RST, DWF, RWS, FRAN, DLAR, BEG, KGH, SFT, and INSE

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), Software Circle (SFT), and Inspired (INSE). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.

Keystone Law Group vs.

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

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

In the previous week, Keystone Law Group had 1 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Keystone Law Group and 0 mentions for Johnson Service Group. 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

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

Keystone Law Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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.

Johnson Service Group has a consensus target price of GBX 200, indicating a potential upside of 39.47%. Given Johnson Service Group's higher possible upside, 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
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 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%

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£94.56M2.07£7.97M£24.7024.77
Johnson Service Group£495.01M1.20£31.14M£7.5019.11

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

Summary

Keystone Law Group and Johnson Service Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KEYS vs. The Competition

MetricKeystone Law GroupSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£195.34M£6.75B£7.63B£2.66B
Dividend Yield3.65%4.93%4.58%5.05%
P/E Ratio24.7731.7623.14129.21
Price / Sales2.07134.5490.54221,406.01
Price / Cash17.4140.5426.9428.02
Price / Book11.077.543.973.79
Net Income£7.97M£144.67M£807.24M£5.88B
7 Day Performance4.79%0.35%0.77%0.63%
1 Month Performance19.53%55.74%11.16%22.11%
1 Year Performance-14.04%37.08%19.74%120.87%

Keystone Law Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KEYS
Keystone Law Group
N/AGBX 612
+0.3%
N/A-15.4%£195.34M£94.56M24.7776
JSG
Johnson Service Group
N/AGBX 142.60
-2.6%
GBX 200
+40.3%
-16.7%£591.71M£495.01M19.006,165Gap Up
RST
Restore
3.4782 of 5 stars
GBX 258.50
+1.0%
GBX 390
+50.9%
-8.2%£347.11M£272.77M90.942,700
DWF
DWF Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340News Coverage
RWS
RWS
3.5592 of 5 stars
GBX 83.70
-1.2%
GBX 330
+294.3%
-55.4%£308.70M£707.82M-8.337,040Dividend Increase
Gap Down
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 147
-1.0%
N/A-22.0%£284.13M£120.55M36.91715
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 129
+0.4%
N/A+26.5%£249.75M£307.43M-12.441,841
BEG
Begbies Traynor Group
N/AGBX 96.40
-0.8%
GBX 150
+55.6%
-9.9%£153.49M£137.32M105.031,051Dividend Cut
KGH
Knights Group
N/AGBX 167
+0.6%
N/A+7.7%£142.81M£143.94M14.511,353News Coverage
SFT
Software Circle
N/AGBX 29.75
+2.6%
N/A+65.3%£116.05M£16.16M-2,975.00131News Coverage
INSE
Inspired
N/AGBX 69
+0.7%
N/A-26.6%£110.16M£155.87M63.181,600

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This page (LON:KEYS) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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