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Serco Group (SRP) Competitors

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GBX 207.13 -0.47 (-0.23%)
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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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Serco Group£4.54B0.46£130.15M£12.8416.13
Intertek Group£3.34B2.36£307.45M£191.8625.64

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Serco Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Intertek Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Serco Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Intertek Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Serco Group2.87% 13.70% 4.45%
Intertek Group 9.19%23.46%9.49%

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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SRP vs. The Competition

MetricSerco GroupSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.10B£6.79B£7.67B£3.07B
Dividend Yield2.25%4.93%4.55%5.02%
P/E Ratio16.1332.9825.49177.44
Price / Sales0.46136.9798.86271,465.05
Price / Cash10.4540.5427.9027.97
Price / Book2.257.744.394.65
Net Income£130.15M£144.67M£792.92M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-1.46%-1.04%-0.52%5.32%
1 Month Performance2.53%-0.37%4.19%11.84%
1 Year Performance7.94%39.69%29.99%61.18%

Serco Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SRP
Serco Group
N/AGBX 207.13
-0.2%
N/A+7.5%£2.10B£4.54B16.1350,000
ITRK
Intertek Group
1.6254 of 5 stars
GBX 4,828
-1.1%
GBX 5,400
+11.8%
-0.9%£7.75B£3.34B25.1643,908
CPI
Capita
2.3993 of 5 stars
GBX 345.78
+0.5%
GBX 405
+17.1%
+1,498.7%£5.84B£2.48B-143.2143,000
MTO
Mitie Group
2.2813 of 5 stars
GBX 140.60
+2.3%
GBX 165
+17.4%
+12.6%£1.77B£4.80B14.6168,145
JSG
Johnson Service Group
3.1761 of 5 stars
GBX 138.80
-0.6%
GBX 200
+44.1%
-13.7%£575.95M£495.01M18.506,165
RST
Restore
3.8552 of 5 stars
GBX 277.21
+0.4%
GBX 390
+40.7%
+1.6%£372.23M£272.77M97.522,700News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
DWF
DWF Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340
RWS
RWS
3.459 of 5 stars
GBX 84.55
-1.9%
GBX 240
+183.9%
-50.1%£311.83M£707.82M-8.417,040Dividend Increase
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 141.95
-0.4%
N/A-21.9%£274.37M£120.55M35.64715Earnings Report
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 130
flat
N/AN/A£251.69M£307.43M-12.541,841
BEG
Begbies Traynor Group
N/AGBX 125.70
+0.2%
GBX 152.33
+21.2%
+21.0%£200.15M£137.32M136.961,051Dividend Cut

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This page (LON:SRP) was last updated on 7/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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