RWS vs. JSG, RST, DWF, CPI, FRAN, DLAR, BEG, KEYS, KGH, and INSE
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), Capita (CPI), Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Knights Group (KGH), and Inspired (INSE). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
RWS vs. Its Competitors
RWS (LON:RWS) and Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, Johnson Service Group had 2 more articles in the media than RWS. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Johnson Service Group and 1 mentions for RWS. Johnson Service Group's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat RWS's score of -0.38 indicating that Johnson Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Johnson Service Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
RWS has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
39.5% of RWS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.7% of RWS shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock 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.
RWS presently has a consensus target price of GBX 240, suggesting a potential upside of 174.60%. Johnson Service Group has a consensus target price of GBX 177.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.61%. Given RWS's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe RWS is more favorable than Johnson Service Group.
RWS pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. 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 pays out 46.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Johnson Service Group beats RWS on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:RWS) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff