SRP vs. MTO, JSG, RWS, RST, FRAN, DWF, CPI, KEYS, DLAR, and BEG
Should you be buying Serco Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Serco Group include Mitie Group (MTO), Johnson Service Group (JSG), RWS (RWS), Restore (RST), Franchise Brands (FRAN), DWF Group (DWF), Capita (CPI), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), De La Rue (DLAR), and Begbies Traynor Group (BEG). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Mitie Group (LON:MTO) and Serco Group (LON:SRP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
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 1.7%. 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.
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.
Mitie Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 125, suggesting a potential upside of 3.14%. Serco Group has a consensus price target of GBX 190, suggesting a potential upside of 7.04%. Given Mitie Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Serco Group is more favorable than Mitie Group.
83.6% of Mitie Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of Serco Group shares are held by institutional investors. 10.3% of Mitie Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Serco Group shares are held by company 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.
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 Serco Group's net margin of 2.38%. Serco Group's return on equity of 24.25% beat Mitie Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Serco Group had 1 more articles in the media than Mitie Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Serco Group and 1 mentions for Mitie Group. Mitie Group's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Serco Group's score of 0.59 indicating that Serco Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Serco Group beats Mitie Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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