RWS vs. JSG, FRAN, RST, CPI, KEYS, MTO, SRP, SNR, RNWH, and ICGC
Should you be buying RWS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RWS include Johnson Service Group (JSG), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Restore (RST), Capita (CPI), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Mitie Group (MTO), Serco Group (SRP), Senior (SNR), Renew (RNWH), and Irish Continental Group (ICGC). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) and RWS (LON:RWS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
74.0% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of RWS shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.9% of RWS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. RWS pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Johnson Service Group pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RWS pays out -17,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RWS is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Johnson Service Group received 30 more outperform votes than RWS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.12% of users gave Johnson Service Group an outperform vote while only 71.13% of users gave RWS an outperform vote.
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 1.67, suggesting that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RWS has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Johnson Service Group has a net margin of 5.87% compared to Johnson Service Group's net margin of -3.78%. RWS's return on equity of 9.65% beat Johnson Service Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, RWS had 8 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for RWS and 0 mentions for Johnson Service Group. Johnson Service Group's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat RWS's score of -0.10 indicating that RWS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Johnson Service Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 160, indicating a potential upside of 25.00%. RWS has a consensus target price of GBX 300, indicating a potential upside of 75.64%. Given Johnson Service Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe RWS is more favorable than Johnson Service Group.
Summary
Johnson Service Group beats RWS on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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