RWS vs. JSG, FRAN, RST, CPI, KEYS, BEG, DLAR, MTO, SRP, and VLX
Should you be buying RWS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RWS include Johnson Service Group (JSG), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Restore (RST), Capita (CPI), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), De La Rue (DLAR), Mitie Group (MTO), Serco Group (SRP), and Volex (VLX). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) and RWS (LON:RWS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Johnson Service Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than RWS. RWS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Johnson Service Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.9% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of RWS shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.9% of RWS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. RWS pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Johnson Service Group pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RWS pays out -17,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RWS is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Johnson Service Group received 30 more outperform votes than RWS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.20% of users gave Johnson Service Group an outperform vote while only 71.23% of users gave RWS an outperform vote.
Johnson Service Group has a net margin of 5.87% compared to Johnson Service Group's net margin of -3.78%. RWS's return on equity of 9.65% beat Johnson Service Group's return on equity.
Johnson Service Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 165, suggesting a potential upside of 10.44%. RWS has a consensus price target of GBX 300, suggesting a potential upside of 70.26%. Given Johnson Service Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RWS is more favorable than Johnson Service Group.
In the previous week, Johnson Service Group had 2 more articles in the media than RWS. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Johnson Service Group and 5 mentions for RWS. RWS's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Johnson Service Group's score of 0.12 indicating that Johnson Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RWS has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Johnson Service Group beats RWS on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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