RWS vs. SRP, MTO, JSG, RST, CPI, DWF, FRAN, KEYS, DLAR, and BEG
Should you be buying RWS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RWS include Serco Group (SRP), Mitie Group (MTO), Johnson Service Group (JSG), Restore (RST), Capita (CPI), DWF Group (DWF), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), De La Rue (DLAR), and Begbies Traynor Group (BEG). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
RWS (LON:RWS) and Serco Group (LON:SRP) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
Serco Group has higher revenue and earnings than RWS. RWS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Serco Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RWS presently has a consensus target price of GBX 380, indicating a potential upside of 112.05%. Serco Group has a consensus target price of GBX 205, indicating a potential upside of 5.67%. Given RWS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe RWS is more favorable than Serco Group.
In the previous week, RWS had 1 more articles in the media than Serco Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for RWS and 2 mentions for Serco Group. Serco Group's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat RWS's score of 0.19 indicating that Serco Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Serco Group has a net margin of 4.15% compared to RWS's net margin of -3.78%. Serco Group's return on equity of 19.62% beat RWS's return on equity.
67.1% of RWS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of Serco Group shares are held by institutional investors. 24.9% of RWS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Serco Group shares are held by company 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.
RWS pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Serco Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. RWS pays out -17,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Serco Group pays out 1,666.7% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Serco Group received 239 more outperform votes than RWS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.33% of users gave RWS an outperform vote while only 48.52% of users gave Serco Group an outperform vote.
RWS has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Serco Group has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Serco Group beats RWS on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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