GPH vs. FSJ, BMS, OCN, JAR, SUP, AFC, SRAD, MSI, BEG, and GTLY
Should you be buying Global Ports stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Ports include James Fisher and Sons (FSJ), Braemar (BMS), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Jardine Matheson (JAR), Supreme (SUP), AFC Energy (AFC), Stelrad Group (SRAD), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), and Gateley (GTLY). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
James Fisher and Sons (LON:FSJ) and Global Ports (LON:GPH) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
James Fisher and Sons has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Ports has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Global Ports has lower revenue, but higher earnings than James Fisher and Sons. Global Ports is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than James Fisher and Sons, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Global Ports has a net margin of -11.28% compared to Global Ports' net margin of -12.58%. Global Ports' return on equity of -27.75% beat James Fisher and Sons' return on equity.
James Fisher and Sons received 21 more outperform votes than Global Ports when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Global Ports an outperform vote while only 58.58% of users gave James Fisher and Sons an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Global Ports' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat James Fisher and Sons' score of 0.00 indicating that James Fisher and Sons is being referred to more favorably in the media.
52.5% of James Fisher and Sons shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of Global Ports shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.3% of James Fisher and Sons shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 71.0% of Global Ports shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
James Fisher and Sons currently has a consensus price target of GBX 375, suggesting a potential upside of 24.17%. Given Global Ports' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe James Fisher and Sons is more favorable than Global Ports.
James Fisher and Sons pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Global Ports pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.0%. James Fisher and Sons pays out -1,584.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Ports pays out -14,800.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Global Ports is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Global Ports beats James Fisher and Sons on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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