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Serco Group (SRP) Competitors

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GBX 249.20 +2.00 (+0.81%)
As of 12:17 PM Eastern

SRP vs. ITRK, MTO, JSG, CPI, DWF, RST, RWS, DLAR, FRAN, and KEYS

Should you be buying Serco Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Serco Group include Intertek Group (ITRK), Mitie Group (MTO), Johnson Service Group (JSG), Capita (CPI), DWF Group (DWF), Restore (RST), RWS (RWS), De La Rue (DLAR), Franchise Brands (FRAN), 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 mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.

Serco Group has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intertek Group has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Intertek Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Serco Group. Intertek Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Serco Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Serco Group£4.85B0.51£130.15M£5.0249.64
Intertek Group£3.40B2.25£307.45M£223.5022.19

Serco Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Intertek Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Serco Group pays out 0.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intertek Group pays out 0.7% 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. Intertek Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Serco Group had 2 more articles in the media than Intertek Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Serco Group and 1 mentions for Intertek Group. Serco Group's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Intertek Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Serco Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

53.0% of Serco Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of Intertek Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Serco Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Intertek Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Serco Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 247, suggesting a potential downside of 0.88%. Intertek Group has a consensus target price of GBX 5,300, suggesting a potential upside of 6.85%. Given Intertek Group's higher possible 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)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Intertek Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Summary

Intertek Group beats Serco Group on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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£2.49B£7.08B£7.90B£2.59B
Dividend Yield1.75%4.88%4.59%5.38%
P/E Ratio49.6425.0824.73424.54
Price / Sales0.51101.581,228.9297,369.91
Price / Cash10.4540.5427.8727.90
Price / Book2.717.644.908.11
Net Income£130.15M£144.67M£790.14M£5.89B
7 Day Performance3.15%0.39%-0.45%-0.72%
1 Month Performance12.13%0.20%1.34%0.80%
1 Year Performance37.07%55.32%29.32%118.86%

Serco Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SRP
Serco Group
1.8032 of 5 stars
GBX 249.20
+0.8%
GBX 247
-0.9%
+37.3%£2.49B£4.85B49.6450,000High Trading Volume
ITRK
Intertek Group
2.7614 of 5 stars
GBX 4,776
-0.7%
GBX 5,300
+11.0%
+0.2%£7.35B£3.40B2,136.9143,908
MTO
Mitie Group
2.4596 of 5 stars
GBX 151.27
+8.8%
GBX 163.33
+8.0%
+32.3%£1.96B£5.08B1,990.3468,145Buyback Announcement
High Trading Volume
JSG
Johnson Service Group
3.2344 of 5 stars
GBX 140.90
-1.1%
GBX 178.33
+26.6%
-9.9%£552.39M£526.80M1,619.546,165Positive News
CPI
Capita
4.0052 of 5 stars
GBX 323.38
-2.9%
GBX 652.50
+101.8%
+1,495.1%£367.84M£2.34B2,384.8143,000
DWF
DWF Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340
RST
Restore
3.5479 of 5 stars
GBX 245
-1.2%
GBX 362.75
+48.1%
-8.0%£332.32M£296M3,656.722,700
RWS
RWS
3.4024 of 5 stars
GBX 87.98
-1.7%
GBX 240
+172.8%
-38.5%£325.37M£712.20M1,313.197,040News Coverage
Dividend Increase
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 130
flat
N/AN/A£251.69M£307.43M-12.541,841
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 120
+0.8%
N/A-26.7%£230.92M£139.35M2,985.07715
KEYS
Keystone Law Group
N/AGBX 651
-2.1%
N/A+17.1%£206.48M£105.39M2,155.6376

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