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GBX 88.20 +0.20 (+0.23%)
As of 10/17/2025 11:54 AM Eastern

RWS vs. JSG, CPI, DWF, RST, DLAR, FRAN, KEYS, BEG, KGH, and SFT

Should you be buying RWS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RWS include Johnson Service Group (JSG), Capita (CPI), DWF Group (DWF), Restore (RST), De La Rue (DLAR), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Knights Group (KGH), 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, RWS had 2 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for RWS and 1 mentions for Johnson Service Group. Johnson Service Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat RWS's score of 0.48 indicating that Johnson Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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

Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. RWS pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Johnson Service Group pays out 46.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RWS pays out 185.8% 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 presently has a consensus price target of GBX 178.33, suggesting a potential upside of 29.41%. RWS has a consensus price target of GBX 240, suggesting a potential upside of 172.11%. Given RWS's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
RWS
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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£526.80M1.03£31.14M£0.091,583.91
RWS£712.20M0.46-£36.98M£0.071,316.42

40.0% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of RWS shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.0% of RWS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Summary

Johnson Service Group beats RWS on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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RWS vs. The Competition

MetricRWSSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£326.17M£6.96B£7.81B£2.57B
Dividend Yield13.85%4.86%4.59%5.37%
P/E Ratio1,316.42686.53284.164,124.89
Price / Sales0.46101.581,241.7199,406.89
Price / Cash15.9940.5427.7427.90
Price / Book0.377.494.798.11
Net Income-£36.98M£144.67M£790.12M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.11%0.06%0.10%-0.62%
1 Month Performance-0.11%-0.93%1.19%0.73%
1 Year Performance-43.32%51.49%26.51%128.71%

RWS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RWS
RWS
2.4936 of 5 stars
GBX 88.20
+0.2%
GBX 240
+172.1%
-43.3%£326.17M£712.20M1,316.427,040Dividend Increase
JSG
Johnson Service Group
2.5149 of 5 stars
GBX 141
-1.0%
GBX 178.33
+26.5%
-11.8%£552.78M£526.80M1,620.696,165Positive News
High Trading Volume
CPI
Capita
3.5491 of 5 stars
GBX 318
-4.5%
GBX 652.50
+105.2%
+1,338.1%£361.72M£2.34B2,345.1343,000
DWF
DWF Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340
RST
Restore
3.1486 of 5 stars
GBX 246.50
-0.6%
GBX 362.75
+47.2%
-3.4%£334.35M£296M3,679.102,700
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 130
flat
N/AN/A£251.69M£307.43M-12.541,841
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 119
flat
N/A-24.1%£228.99M£139.35M2,960.20715Trending News
Insider Trade
KEYS
Keystone Law Group
N/AGBX 658
-1.1%
N/A+17.7%£208.70M£105.39M2,178.8176
BEG
Begbies Traynor Group
2.0513 of 5 stars
GBX 112
-1.8%
GBX 152.33
+36.0%
+22.5%£178.09M£153.70M2,947.371,051Dividend Cut
KGH
Knights Group
N/AGBX 189.50
+0.8%
N/A+51.4%£162.91M£161.97M2,247.921,353
SFT
Software Circle
N/AGBX 23
-0.4%
N/A-1.7%£89.72M£18.27M-28,750.00131Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:RWS) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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