KEYS vs. JSG, CPI, RST, DWF, RWS, DLAR, FRAN, BEG, KGH, 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), Capita (CPI), Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), RWS (RWS), De La Rue (DLAR), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Knights Group (KGH), and Software Circle (SFT). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Keystone Law Group vs. Its Competitors
Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) and Keystone Law Group (LON:KEYS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.
Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Keystone Law Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Johnson Service Group pays out 46.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Keystone Law Group pays out 66.9% 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.
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.
40.0% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.7% of Keystone Law Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.1% of Keystone Law Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, Johnson Service Group had 1 more articles in the media than Keystone Law Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Johnson Service Group and 0 mentions for Keystone Law Group. Johnson Service Group's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Keystone Law Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Johnson Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Johnson Service Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 178.33, indicating a potential upside of 26.84%. Given Johnson Service Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Johnson Service Group is more favorable than Keystone Law Group.
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.
Summary
Keystone Law Group beats Johnson Service Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:KEYS) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
