BMS vs. GPH, FSJ, MPL, CKN, ICGC, OCN, CPS, RCDO, FNTL, and CTR
Should you be buying Braemar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Braemar include Global Ports (GPH), James Fisher and Sons (FSJ), Mercantile Ports & Logistics (MPL), Clarkson (CKN), Irish Continental Group (ICGC), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Cpl Resources plc (CPS.L) (CPS), Ricardo (RCDO), Fintel (FNTL), and Charles Taylor (CTR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Braemar vs. Its Competitors
Global Ports (LON:GPH) and Braemar (LON:BMS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Global Ports has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Braemar has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Braemar has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Global Ports. Global Ports is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Braemar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Braemar has a net margin of 3.03% compared to Global Ports' net margin of 0.46%. Global Ports' return on equity of 34.36% beat Braemar's return on equity.
9.3% of Global Ports shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.7% of Braemar shares are held by institutional investors. 78.0% of Global Ports shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.8% of Braemar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Global Ports pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share. Braemar pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Global Ports pays out 370,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Braemar pays out 84.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Braemar is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Braemar has a consensus target price of GBX 365, indicating a potential upside of 62.95%. Given Braemar's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Braemar is more favorable than Global Ports.
In the previous week, Braemar had 8 more articles in the media than Global Ports. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Braemar and 0 mentions for Global Ports. Braemar's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Global Ports' score of 0.00 indicating that Braemar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Braemar beats Global Ports on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:BMS) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
