Capita (OTCMKTS:CTAGF – Get Free Report) is one of 354 public companies in the “Commercial Services & Supplies” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Capita to related companies based on the strength of its risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends and earnings.
Profitability
This table compares Capita and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Capita | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Capita Competitors | -60.96% | -122.75% | -1.36% |
Dividends
Capita pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Capita pays out 70.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.5% and pay out 62.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Capita | N/A | N/A | 13.78 |
| Capita Competitors | $2.43 billion | $139.27 million | 24.24 |
Capita’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Capita. Capita is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
51.5% of Capita shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of shares of all “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of shares of all “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Capita and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Capita | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Capita Competitors | 1808 | 6078 | 8954 | 650 | 2.48 |
As a group, “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies have a potential upside of 10.21%. Given Capita’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Capita has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
Summary
Capita peers beat Capita on 8 of the 13 factors compared.
About Capita
Capita plc provides consulting, digital, and software products and services to clients in the private and public sectors in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates in two divisions: Public Service and Capita Experience divisions. The company offers solutions for finance and accounting, procurement, property and infrastructure, travel and event, and workplace administration. It also provides customer experience transformation, contact management, collection and debt management, complaint handling, customer experience system and software, acquisition and retention, and data and analytics. In addition, the company offers licensing and support, support, digital policing, and engineering practice; learning and development services; education service and local education authority software; solutions for central and local government services; and business process services. Further, it provides pension administration and software, pensions consulting, and data solutions; finance software, automation, and management information systems solutions; cloud, cyber security, digital connectivity, IT services, robotic process automation, and workplace IT solutions; and actuarial, defence, financial, healthcare, housing, legal, public safety, retail, retail banking, utility, and welfare and employability services. The company was formerly known as The Capita Group plc and changed its name to Capita plc in January 2012. Capita plc was founded in 1984 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.
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