Knights Group (KGH) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of KGH or JSG?

41.5% of Knights Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.7% of Knights Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, KGH or JSG?

Knights Group has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more 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.

Do analysts recommend KGH or JSG?

Johnson Service Group has a consensus price target of GBX 200, indicating a potential upside of 32.45%. Given Johnson Service Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Johnson Service Group is more favorable than Knights Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Knights 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

Is KGH or JSG a better dividend stock?

Knights Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Knights Group pays out 34.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Johnson Service Group pays out 38.1% 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. Knights Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor KGH or JSG?

In the previous week, Johnson Service Group had 3 more articles in the media than Knights Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Johnson Service Group and 1 mentions for Knights Group. Knights Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Johnson Service Group's score of 0.51 indicating that Knights Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Knights Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Johnson Service Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is KGH or JSG more profitable?

Knights Group has a net margin of 6.82% compared to Johnson Service Group's net margin of 6.29%. Johnson Service Group's return on equity of 10.95% beat Knights Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Knights Group	6.82%	10.03%	4.91%
Johnson Service Group	6.29%	10.95%	6.40%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, KGH or JSG?

Johnson Service Group has higher revenue and earnings than Knights Group. Knights Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Johnson Service Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Knights Group	£154.08M	1.04	£9.81M	£0.13	1,464.37
Johnson Service Group	£513.40M	1.17	£31.14M	£0.08	1,797.62

Summary

Johnson Service Group beats Knights Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.