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Braemar (BMS) Competitors

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GBX 224 +7.00 (+3.23%)
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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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Global Ports0.46% 34.36% 3.88%
Braemar 3.03%5.78%7.09%

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
Global Ports Neutral
Braemar Positive

Braemar has a consensus price target 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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Global Ports
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Braemar
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Global Ports£193.58M0.00-£19.81M£0.01N/A
Braemar£165.60M0.44£5.01M£15.3914.56

Global Ports has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Braemar has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.

Summary

Braemar beats Global Ports on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BMS vs. The Competition

MetricBraemarMarine Shipping IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£72.28M£2.80B£7.55B£2.96B
Dividend Yield0.07%2.92%4.53%5.02%
P/E Ratio14.5612.2224.77147.41
Price / Sales0.4457.54117.30240,143.56
Price / Cash3.705.1326.6527.97
Price / Book0.841.394.344.55
Net Income£5.01M£180.25M£790.28M£5.90B
7 Day Performance6.67%0.76%1.72%1.27%
1 Month Performance-3.86%-0.07%4.81%4.62%
1 Year Performance-25.33%-9.63%31.79%82.58%

Braemar Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BMS
Braemar
3.7259 of 5 stars
GBX 224
+3.2%
GBX 365
+62.9%
-27.7%£72.28M£165.60M14.56400Positive News
GPH
Global Ports
N/AN/AN/AN/A£231.21M£193.58M30,000.0020
FSJ
James Fisher and Sons
0.7373 of 5 stars
GBX 359
+2.3%
GBX 387.50
+7.9%
+20.1%£183.06M£504.60M-3.522,041News Coverage
MPL
Mercantile Ports & Logistics
N/AGBX 1
+2.6%
N/A-48.3%£3.56M£3.83M-12.7544Earnings Report
Gap Down
CKN
Clarkson
N/AGBX 3,285
flat
GBX 4,250
+29.4%
-23.5%£1.01B£632.60M12.222,024
ICGC
Irish Continental Group
N/AGBX 480
-0.8%
N/A-1.2%£951.04M£703.84M15.48288Gap Up
High Trading Volume
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,500
-0.7%
N/A+16.2%£661.36M£647.52M10.7274,200
CPS
Cpl Resources plc (CPS.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£276.07MN/A15.1023,000
RCDO
Ricardo
1.6821 of 5 stars
GBX 441
-0.9%
GBX 730
+65.5%
-12.9%£271.66M£469.99M388.352,978
FNTL
Fintel
N/AGBX 256.80
+1.1%
N/A-20.6%£269.60M£68.89M46.05501
CTR
Charles Taylor
N/AN/AN/AN/A£269.53M£281.84M-63.893,086

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This page (LON:BMS) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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