Johnson Service Group Plc (JSG) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Comparison

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Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Why is Johnson Service Group Plc ?

Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROE of 6.45%

The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 6.45% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds

Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 18.43%

With a growth in Net Profit of 53.42%, the company declared Very Positive results in Dec 25

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at GBP 281.8 MM
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y) Highest at 56.04%
ROCE(HY) Highest at 12.71%

With ROE of 15.30%, it has a attractive valuation with a 2.13 Price to Book Value

Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 8.93%, its profits have risen by 17.5% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.5

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Johnson Service Group Plc should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Miscellaneous should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Miscellaneous)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Johnson Service Group Plc for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Johnson Service Group Plc

8.93%

-0.17

26.94%

FTSE 100

17.87%

1.52

11.77%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

18.43%

EBIT Growth (5y)

32.43%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

4.08

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

0.32

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

0.24

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

1.19

Tax Ratio

24.79%

Dividend Payout Ratio

51.89%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

ROCE (avg)

7.85%

ROE (avg)

6.45%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

2.13

EV to EBIT

12.42

EV to EBITDA

4.44

EV to Capital Employed

1.79

EV to Sales

1.32

PEG Ratio

0.51

Dividend Yield

3.20%

ROCE (Latest)

14.38%

ROE (Latest)

15.30%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bearish

Mildly Bearish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Sideways

Mildly Bearish

Moving Averages

Mildly Bearish (Daily)

KST

Bearish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bullish

No Trend

OBV

No Trend

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

Analyse All Technical Factors

Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

12What is working for the Company

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at GBP 281.8 MM

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 56.04%

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 12.71%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -254.14% (YoY

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at GBP 277.9 MM

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 36.9 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 26.75 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at GBP 0.06

-3What is not working for the Company

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Lowest at 1,846.51

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 57.87 %

Here's what is working for Johnson Service Group Plc

Operating Cash Flow

Highest at GBP 281.8 MM and Grown

In each year in the last three years

MOJO Watch

The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (GBP MM)

Dividend Payout Ratio

Highest at 56.04% and Grown

In each year in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Net Sales

Highest at GBP 277.9 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (GBP MM)

Pre-Tax Profit

Highest at GBP 36.9 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)

Net Profit

Highest at GBP 26.75 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (GBP MM)

EPS

Highest at GBP 0.06

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (GBP)

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by -254.14% (YoY)

MOJO Watch

The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Johnson Service Group Plc

Interest Coverage Ratio

Lowest at 1,846.51

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

The company's ability to manage interest payments is deteriorating

Operating Profit to Interest

Debt-Equity Ratio

Highest at 57.87 %

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio