KEYS vs. JSG, RWS, RST, DWF, FRAN, CPI, DLAR, 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), RWS (RWS), Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Capita (CPI), De La Rue (DLAR), 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 (LON:KEYS) and Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
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.
43.5% of Keystone Law Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by institutional investors. 43.1% of Keystone Law Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Keystone Law Group had 6 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Keystone Law Group and 2 mentions for Johnson Service Group. Keystone Law Group's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Johnson Service Group's score of -0.16 indicating that Keystone Law Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 has a net margin of 8.59% compared to Johnson Service Group's net margin of 5.87%. Keystone Law Group's return on equity of 43.96% beat Johnson Service Group's return on equity.
Johnson Service Group received 200 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 70.00% of users gave Keystone Law Group an outperform vote.
Johnson Service Group has a consensus price target of GBX 185, suggesting a potential upside of 15.91%. Given Johnson Service Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Johnson Service Group is more favorable than Keystone Law Group.
Keystone Law Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Keystone Law Group pays out 7,500.0% 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 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Keystone Law Group beats Johnson Service Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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