MPL vs. AUK, NBB, LIB, LIFS, NEXS, PEG, XSG, HSM, CEPS, and NTBR
Should you be buying Mercantile Ports & Logistics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercantile Ports & Logistics include Aukett Swanke Group (AUK), Norman Broadbent (NBB), Libertine (LIB), LifeSafe (LIFS), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), Petards Group (PEG), Xeros Technology Group (XSG), Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM), Ceps (CEPS), and Northern Bear (NTBR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Aukett Swanke Group (LON:AUK) and Mercantile Ports & Logistics (LON:MPL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
16.2% of Aukett Swanke Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of Mercantile Ports & Logistics shares are held by institutional investors. 73.6% of Aukett Swanke Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 55.6% of Mercantile Ports & Logistics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Aukett Swanke Group has higher revenue and earnings than Mercantile Ports & Logistics.
Aukett Swanke Group has a net margin of 0.65% compared to Aukett Swanke Group's net margin of -149.97%. Mercantile Ports & Logistics' return on equity of 4.35% beat Aukett Swanke Group's return on equity.
Aukett Swanke Group has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercantile Ports & Logistics has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mercantile Ports & Logistics received 16 more outperform votes than Aukett Swanke Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.64% of users gave Mercantile Ports & Logistics an outperform vote while only 48.41% of users gave Aukett Swanke Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Mercantile Ports & Logistics had 1 more articles in the media than Aukett Swanke Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Mercantile Ports & Logistics and 0 mentions for Aukett Swanke Group. Mercantile Ports & Logistics' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Aukett Swanke Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Mercantile Ports & Logistics beats Aukett Swanke Group on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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