SRP vs. ITRK, CPI, MTO, JSG, RST, DWF, RWS, FRAN, DLAR, and BEG
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), Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), RWS (RWS), Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), and Begbies Traynor Group (BEG). 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 mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Serco Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Intertek Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 128 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. 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 stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intertek Group has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 consensus price target of GBX 5,400, suggesting a potential upside of 9.76%. Given Intertek Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Intertek Group is more favorable than Serco Group.
In the previous week, Intertek Group had 1 more articles in the media than Serco Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Intertek Group and 1 mentions for Serco Group. Intertek Group's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Serco Group's score of 0.29 indicating that Intertek Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.6% of Intertek Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Serco Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Intertek Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Intertek Group beats Serco Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:SRP) was last updated on 7/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
