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Johnson Service Group PLCJSG.LCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United Kingdom · GBP·Industrials›Miscellaneous Commercial Services
Momentum strong 61
Mkt cap
$704M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
98%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$3.25M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
11.0×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-0.8 pp
WACC 10.3%
Hurdle
-10 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
123 days
9 Mar 2027
Close · GBP£149.60
1D-0.7%
1W+4.5%
1M+10.3%
3M+1.8%
6M+9.7%
YTD+10.8%
1Y+12.5%
ATR %3.0%
52w lowhigh13.1% off high

What Johnson Service does

No business profile yet.

Johnson Service at a glance

Size Johnson Service (JSG.L) is a United Kingdom Industrials company (Miscellaneous Commercial Services) with a market value of $704M, the 258th largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £149.60 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 9.7%, against -4.8% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 1.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +15.1%); the operating margin is 10.8% (peer median 5.6%).

Valuation It trades at 11.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 18.7× (6th cheapest of 16).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 8% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +18%, so the hurdle is -10 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.8 points below its cost of capital (10.3% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 9 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026JSG.L 112Peer median 93
Six months, rebased to 100: Johnson Service against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Johnson Service financials

Reported figures in GBP; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue£536M£535M£513M£465M£386M
Revenue growth—+4%+10%+21%—
Gross profit£206M£204M£191M£167M£135M
EBITDA£157M£168M£153M£132M£105M
Net income£37.4M£37.1M£35.6M£27.3M£29.0M
Free cash flow£40.8M£38.3M£34.2M£28.4M£19.9M
Capital expenditure£102M£105M£114M£93.0M£76.2M
Total debtn/a£170M£127M£114M£54.1M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Johnson Service competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%+50%-20%0%603007603528301398AUBCGYIPH602768848068817097576037780839301210300797RWSWLNCCP3015086880796830JSG.L6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Johnson Service is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%+60%0×50×100×603528AUBCGYIPH602768848068817097570839301210300797RWSWLN6830JSG.LRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Johnson Service is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-10%0%+10%+20%+30%0%20%AUBCGYIPH60276884809757300797RWSWLNCCP301508JSG.LGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Johnson Service is the large dot.

Johnson Service competitors and peer comparison

How Johnson Service compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Johnson Service against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureJSG.LPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+10.3%-1.9%4th highest of 21
6-month return+9.7%-4.8%6th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-13.1%-37.9%6th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+1.7%+15.1%6th lowest of 21
Operating margin10.8%5.6%7th highest of 21
Forward P/E11.0×18.7×6th cheapest of 16
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)8.3%11.5%6th least demanding of 12
Growth delivered (Del g)+18.4%+14.2%3rd highest of 12
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-10.1 pp-4.6 pp3rd least demanding of 12
ROIC minus cost of capital-0.8 pp-2.6 pp9th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA4.5×8.7×3rd cheapest of 12
Net debt / EBITDA1.2×1.5×5th least indebted of 12

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Johnson Service JSG.LUnited Kingdom$704M+10%+2%11%11.0×8.3%+18.4%
Danyang Syngen Intelligent Technology 603007.SSChina$702M-25%+929%-34%n/an/an/a
Duolun Technology 603528.SSChina$706M-13%-6%-30%31.9×n/an/a
Ningbo Sinyuan ZM Technology 301398.SZChina$700M-5%+42%-18%n/an/an/a
Aubay AUB.PAFrance$707M-5%+27%9%12.9×2.5%+7.1%
Calian CGY.TOCanada$699M+22%+16%6%18.7×13.4%+12.4%
IPH IPH.AXAustralia$709M+13%+1%18%9.5×-7.3%+14.6%
Bengo4.com 6027.TJapan$695M+94%+19%14%51.8×18.7%+25.1%
Science Environmental Protection 688480.SSChina$694M-51%+37%10%29.7×28.2%+28.2%
Suzhou Delphi Laser 688170.SSChina$717M-23%+20%1%78.7×n/an/a
Funai Soken 9757.TJapan$721M+5%+6%26%16.0×-8.3%+5.9%
Grand Sunergy Tech 603778.SSChina$686M-73%-54%-98%n/an/an/a
China Education 0839.HKHong Kong$680M-4%+9%32%3.0×n/an/a
Wuxi Jinyang Precision Manufacturing 301210.SZChina$729M+8%+57%6%40.6×n/an/a
NCS Testing Technology 300797.SZChina$678M-26%+15%7%25.1×22.3%+15.0%
RWS RWS.LUnited Kingdom$677M+46%-1%4%10.3×11.5%+14.2%
Worldline WLN.PAFrance$732M+9%-18%2%5.4×17.6%+10.4%
Credit CCP.AXAustralia$738M+37%+7%26%9.5×2.1%+11.1%
China Machinery Huanyu Certification & Inspection 301508.SZChina$738M-20%+10%21%n/a6.8%+15.4%
Hangzhou MDK Opto Electronic 688079.SSChina$666M-28%+30%-26%n/an/an/a
Msscorps 6830.TWTaiwan$744M-57%+17%3%96.2×n/an/a

Questions

Which companies are Johnson Service's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Danyang Syngen Intelligent Technology (603007.SS), Duolun Technology (603528.SS), Ningbo Sinyuan ZM Technology (301398.SZ), Aubay (AUB.PA), Calian (CGY.TO), IPH (IPH.AX), Bengo4.com (6027.T), Science Environmental Protection (688480.SS).
Is Johnson Service expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 11.0× against a peer median of 18.7×, 6th cheapest of 16 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 8% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +18%, so the hurdle is -10 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Johnson Service stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +9.7% against -4.8% for the median peer; over one year +12.5%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.