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Braemar (BMS) Competitors

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GBX 239 -10.00 (-4.02%)
As of 10/24/2025 11:46 AM Eastern

BMS vs. GPH, FSJ, MPL, CKN, ICGC, OCN, YOU, CPS, XPP, and PPHC

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), YouGov (YOU), Cpl Resources plc (CPS.L) (CPS), XP Power (XPP), and Public Policy (PPHC). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Braemar vs. Its Competitors

Braemar (LON:BMS) and Global Ports (LON:GPH) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Braemar pays an annual dividend of GBX 13.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Global Ports pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share. Braemar pays out 81.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

14.0% of Braemar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of Global Ports shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.0% of Braemar shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 78.0% of Global Ports shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Braemar3.03% 5.78% 7.09%
Global Ports 0.46%34.36%3.88%

Braemar currently has a consensus target price of GBX 320, indicating a potential upside of 33.89%. Given Braemar's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Braemar is more favorable than Global Ports.

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

In the previous week, Braemar had 1 more articles in the media than Global Ports. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Braemar and 0 mentions for Global Ports. Braemar's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Global Ports' score of 0.32 indicating that Braemar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Braemar Positive
Global Ports Neutral

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

Braemar has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Braemar£141.86M0.51£5.01M£16.5814.41
Global Ports£193.58M0.00-£19.81M£0.01N/A

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£72.51M£2.67B£7.92B£2.66B
Dividend Yield2.94%2.88%4.57%5.35%
P/E Ratio14.4113.2025.21400.59
Price / Sales0.51166.371,261.4798,316.50
Price / Cash3.705.1328.0027.90
Price / Book0.891.444.987.26
Net Income£5.01M£180.25M£790.14M£5.88B
7 Day Performance-0.42%0.10%1.84%1.07%
1 Month Performance-4.40%-0.49%3.15%1.71%
1 Year Performance-6.27%-4.69%30.73%111.59%

Braemar Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BMS
Braemar
3.0143 of 5 stars
GBX 239
-4.0%
GBX 320
+33.9%
-9.9%£72.51M£141.86M14.41400Positive News
Gap Down
GPH
Global Ports
N/AN/AN/AN/A£231.21M£193.58M30,000.0020
FSJ
James Fisher and Sons
2.068 of 5 stars
GBX 387
-0.8%
GBX 452.50
+16.9%
+11.1%£195.30M£408.10M446.882,041News Coverage
MPL
Mercantile Ports & Logistics
N/AGBX 0.84
+20.0%
N/AN/A£2.99M£4.35M-16.1544
CKN
Clarkson
2.9362 of 5 stars
GBX 3,470
+0.3%
GBX 3,950
+13.8%
+4.3%£1.07B£649.10M1,423.302,024News Coverage
Insider Trade
ICGC
Irish Continental Group
N/AGBX 545
+4.8%
N/AN/A£861.99M£628.20M1,397.44288Gap Down
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,144.91
+0.9%
N/A-21.0%£323.89M£26.66M124.9174,200
YOU
YouGov
3.9765 of 5 stars
GBX 251
-2.5%
GBX 471
+87.6%
-30.7%£294.15M£383.90M35,857.141,820Trending News
High Trading Volume
CPS
Cpl Resources plc (CPS.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£276.07MN/A15.1023,000
XPP
XP Power
3.4163 of 5 stars
GBX 983
+0.6%
GBX 1,245
+26.7%
-13.8%£275.56M£231.10M-1,736.752,435News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
PPHC
Public Policy
1.4378 of 5 stars
GBX 1,085.40
+1.9%
GBX 1,300
+19.8%
+70.0%£272.82M£166.33M-1,206.00367

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This page (LON:BMS) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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