MTO vs. SRP, JSG, RWS, PAGE, HILS, HAS, BOY, TPK, RHIM, and SMS
Should you be buying Mitie Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mitie Group include Serco Group (SRP), Johnson Service Group (JSG), RWS (RWS), PageGroup (PAGE), Hill & Smith (HILS), Hays (HAS), Bodycote (BOY), Travis Perkins (TPK), RHI Magnesita (RHIM), and Smart Metering Systems (SMS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Mitie Group (LON:MTO) and Serco Group (LON:SRP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
Mitie Group has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Serco Group has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 Mitie Group's net margin of 2.38%. Mitie Group's return on equity of 24.25% beat Serco Group's return on equity.
Mitie Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. 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.
83.2% of Mitie Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of Serco Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.7% of Mitie Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Serco Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Mitie Group had 1 more articles in the media than Serco Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Mitie Group and 3 mentions for Serco Group. Serco Group's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Mitie Group's score of 1.16 indicating that Serco Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mitie Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 125, suggesting a potential upside of 2.97%. Serco Group has a consensus target price of GBX 190, suggesting a potential upside of 4.05%. Given Serco Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Serco Group is more favorable than Mitie 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
Serco Group beats Mitie Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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