RWS vs. JSG, RST, DWF, FRAN, DLAR, KEYS, BEG, KGH, INSE, and SFT
Should you be buying RWS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RWS include Johnson Service Group (JSG), Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Knights Group (KGH), Inspired (INSE), and Software Circle (SFT). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
RWS vs. Its Competitors
Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) and RWS (LON:RWS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. RWS pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.1%. Johnson Service Group pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RWS pays out -119.4% 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. RWS is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Johnson Service Group has a net margin of 6.29% compared to RWS's net margin of -5.22%. Johnson Service Group's return on equity of 10.95% beat RWS's return on equity.
74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of RWS shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 46.2% of RWS shares are held by 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.
Johnson Service Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than RWS. RWS 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.
Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RWS has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Johnson Service Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 43.27%. RWS has a consensus target price of GBX 240, suggesting a potential upside of 181.18%. Given RWS's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RWS is more favorable than Johnson Service Group.
In the previous week, RWS had 4 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for RWS and 0 mentions for Johnson Service Group. Johnson Service Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat RWS's score of 0.68 indicating that Johnson Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Johnson Service Group beats RWS on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:RWS) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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