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GBX 83.70 -1.00 (-1.18%)
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RWS vs. JSG, DWF, RST, FRAN, DLAR, KEYS, BEG, KGH, SFT, and INSE

Should you be buying RWS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RWS include Johnson Service Group (JSG), DWF Group (DWF), Restore (RST), Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Knights Group (KGH), Software Circle (SFT), and Inspired (INSE). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.

RWS vs.

Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) and RWS (LON:RWS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RWS has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Johnson Service Group6.29% 10.95% 6.40%
RWS -5.22%-4.15%3.42%

Johnson Service Group received 28 more outperform votes than RWS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.13% of users gave Johnson Service Group an outperform vote while only 71.38% of users gave RWS an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Johnson Service GroupOutperform Votes
235
74.13%
Underperform Votes
82
25.87%
RWSOutperform Votes
207
71.38%
Underperform Votes
83
28.62%

In the previous week, RWS had 3 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for RWS and 0 mentions for Johnson Service Group. RWS's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Johnson Service Group's score of 0.00 indicating that RWS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Johnson Service Group Neutral
RWS Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Johnson Service Group£495.01M1.20£31.14M£7.5019.00
RWS£707.82M0.44-£36.98M-£10.05-8.33

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 14.3%. 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.

74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of RWS shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.2% of RWS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Johnson Service Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 200, indicating a potential upside of 40.25%. RWS has a consensus price target of GBX 330, indicating a potential upside of 294.27%. Given RWS's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RWS is more favorable than Johnson Service 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
RWS
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Johnson Service Group beats RWS on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RWS vs. The Competition

MetricRWSSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£308.70M£6.79B£7.64B£2.68B
Dividend Yield8.39%4.93%4.58%5.05%
P/E Ratio-8.3331.9923.15134.32
Price / Sales0.44137.0590.06203,702.45
Price / Cash15.9940.5426.9428.02
Price / Book0.357.573.983.79
Net Income-£36.98M£144.67M£807.24M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.06%1.98%1.05%7.78%
1 Month Performance-26.45%55.22%11.76%29.45%
1 Year Performance-55.38%38.29%18.18%119.74%

RWS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RWS
RWS
3.5404 of 5 stars
GBX 83.70
-1.2%
GBX 330
+294.3%
-55.2%£308.70M£707.82M-8.337,040Dividend Increase
JSG
Johnson Service Group
N/AGBX 143.60
-1.1%
GBX 200
+39.3%
-12.6%£595.86M£495.01M19.146,165Positive News
DWF
DWF Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340News Coverage
RST
Restore
3.4832 of 5 stars
GBX 248
-0.4%
GBX 390
+57.3%
-7.5%£333.01M£272.77M87.242,700
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 148.50
+0.7%
N/A-21.5%£287.03M£120.55M37.28715
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 128.56
-0.7%
N/A+32.2%£248.91M£307.43M-12.401,841
KEYS
Keystone Law Group
N/AGBX 570
+0.7%
N/A-15.3%£181.93M£94.56M23.0776High Trading Volume
BEG
Begbies Traynor Group
N/AGBX 93.40
-0.6%
GBX 150
+60.6%
-7.4%£148.72M£137.32M101.761,051Dividend Cut
KGH
Knights Group
N/AGBX 170
+3.3%
N/A+6.4%£145.37M£143.94M14.771,353News Coverage
SFT
Software Circle
N/AGBX 31
+6.7%
N/A+52.6%£120.93M£16.16M-3,100.00131News Coverage
High Trading Volume
INSE
Inspired
N/AGBX 69.05
-2.4%
N/A-26.1%£110.24M£155.87M63.221,600Gap Up

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This page (LON:RWS) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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