MTO vs. SRP, RWS, JSG, RHIM, TPK, HILS, DATA, PAGE, HAS, and BOY
Should you be buying Mitie Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mitie Group include Serco Group (SRP), RWS (RWS), Johnson Service Group (JSG), RHI Magnesita (RHIM), Travis Perkins (TPK), Hill & Smith (HILS), GlobalData (DATA), PageGroup (PAGE), Hays (HAS), and Bodycote (BOY). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Serco Group (LON:SRP) and Mitie Group (LON:MTO) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
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.
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.
Serco Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Mitie Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. 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. 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 has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mitie Group has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Mitie Group had 1 more articles in the media than Serco Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Mitie Group and 0 mentions for Serco Group. Mitie Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Serco Group's score of 0.20 indicating that Serco Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
69.7% of Serco Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of Mitie Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Serco Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Mitie Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Serco Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 190, indicating a potential upside of 4.80%. Mitie Group has a consensus price target of GBX 125, indicating a potential upside of 7.76%. Given Serco Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mitie Group is more favorable than Serco Group.
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.
Summary
Mitie Group beats Serco Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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