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Keystone Law Group (KEYS) Competitors

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GBX 616 -3.00 (-0.48%)
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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

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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

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 currently has a consensus price target of GBX 200, indicating a potential upside of 42.65%. Given Johnson Service Group's higher possible 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
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
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 43.1% 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Johnson Service Group£495.01M1.18£31.14M£7.5018.68
Keystone Law Group£94.56M2.08£7.97M£24.7024.94

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 3.1%. 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.

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 0.82 beat Keystone Law Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Johnson Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Johnson Service Group Positive
Keystone Law Group Neutral

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

Johnson Service Group beats Keystone Law Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KEYS vs. The Competition

MetricKeystone Law GroupSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£196.62M£6.34B£7.60B£3.07B
Dividend Yield3.65%4.93%4.57%5.03%
P/E Ratio24.9432.2224.96170.63
Price / Sales2.08133.7199.43303,754.90
Price / Cash17.4140.5427.9827.96
Price / Book11.147.484.294.52
Net Income£7.97M£144.67M£795.91M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-0.48%-1.29%0.92%1.25%
1 Month Performance1.55%-3.20%1.78%3.74%
1 Year Performance-5.23%39.50%33.85%58.02%

Keystone Law Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KEYS
Keystone Law Group
N/AGBX 616
-0.5%
N/A-4.6%£196.62M£94.56M24.9476Gap Down
JSG
Johnson Service Group
3.1553 of 5 stars
GBX 140
+2.0%
GBX 200
+42.9%
-11.3%£580.93M£495.01M18.666,165
RST
Restore
3.1762 of 5 stars
GBX 261.75
+0.3%
GBX 363.67
+38.9%
-0.4%£351.48M£272.77M92.082,700
DWF
DWF Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340
RWS
RWS
2.8113 of 5 stars
GBX 82.20
+0.4%
GBX 240
+192.0%
-53.9%£303.17M£707.82M-8.187,040Dividend Increase
High Trading Volume
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 138
+1.5%
N/A-21.7%£266.73M£120.55M34.65715High Trading Volume
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 130
flat
N/AN/A£251.69M£307.43M-12.541,841
BEG
Begbies Traynor Group
2.2953 of 5 stars
GBX 121.50
flat
GBX 152.33
+25.4%
+19.9%£193.46M£137.32M132.381,051Dividend Cut
KGH
Knights Group
N/AGBX 171
-1.7%
N/A+30.9%£146.23M£143.94M14.851,353News Coverage
Positive News
INSE
Inspired
N/AGBX 80.13
-0.5%
N/A+6.5%£127.92M£155.87M73.371,600News Coverage
Positive News
SFT
Software Circle
N/AGBX 28
-1.8%
N/A+55.6%£109.22M£16.16M-2,800.00131

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