Serco Group (SRP) Competitors

Mitie Group (LON:MTO) and Serco Group (LON:SRP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Does the media prefer MTO or SRP?

In the previous week, Mitie Group had 4 more articles in the media than Serco Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Mitie Group and 0 mentions for Serco Group. Serco Group's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Mitie Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Mitie Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mitie Group	Neutral
Serco Group	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of MTO or SRP?

81.3% of Mitie Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Serco Group shares are held by institutional investors. 10.0% of Mitie Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Serco Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer MTO or SRP?

Mitie Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 125, indicating a potential upside of 9.27%. Serco Group has a consensus price target of GBX 190, indicating a potential upside of 4.80%. Given Serco Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mitie Group is more favorable than Serco Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mitie Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Serco Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, MTO or SRP?

Mitie Group has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Serco Group has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, MTO or SRP?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mitie Group	£4.15B	0.37	£98.70M	£0.07	1,642.86
Serco Group	£4.87B	0.40	£202.40M	£0.18	1,010.56

Is MTO or SRP more profitable?

Serco Group has a net margin of 4.15% compared to Serco Group's net margin of 2.38%. Serco Group's return on equity of 24.25% beat Mitie Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mitie Group	2.38%	24.25%	5.21%
Serco Group	4.15%	19.62%	4.40%

Is MTO or SRP a better dividend stock?

Mitie Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Serco Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Mitie Group pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MTO or SRP?

Serco Group received 59 more outperform votes than Mitie Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 51.27% of users gave Mitie Group an outperform vote while only 48.52% of users gave Serco Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mitie Group	Outperform Votes 383 51.27%	Underperform Votes 364 48.73%
Serco Group	Outperform Votes 442 48.52%	Underperform Votes 469 51.48%

Summary

Mitie Group beats Serco Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.