SRP vs. ITRK, CPI, MTO, JSG, DWF, RST, RWS, FRAN, DLAR, and KEYS
Should you be buying Serco Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Serco Group include Intertek Group (ITRK), Capita (CPI), Mitie Group (MTO), Johnson Service Group (JSG), DWF Group (DWF), Restore (RST), RWS (RWS), Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), and Keystone Law Group (KEYS). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Serco Group vs. Its Competitors
Serco Group (LON:SRP) and Intertek Group (LON:ITRK) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
Serco Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Intertek Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 128 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Serco Group pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intertek Group pays out 66.7% 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.
Serco Group has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intertek Group has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Serco Group and Serco Group both had 1 articles in the media. Serco Group's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Intertek Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Serco Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Serco Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 205, suggesting a potential upside of 5.83%. Intertek Group has a consensus target price of GBX 5,466.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.80%. Given Intertek Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Intertek Group is more favorable than Serco Group.
Serco Group received 65 more outperform votes than Intertek Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 48.72% of users gave Intertek Group an outperform vote while only 48.53% of users gave Serco Group an outperform vote.
Intertek Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Serco Group. Serco Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intertek Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Intertek Group has a net margin of 9.19% compared to Serco Group's net margin of 2.87%. Intertek Group's return on equity of 23.46% beat Serco Group's return on equity.
74.7% of Serco Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.6% of Intertek Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Serco Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Intertek Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Intertek Group beats Serco Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SRP) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
