BMS vs. GPH, FSJ, MPL, CKN, ICGC, OCN, RST, STEM, COST, and RWS
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), Restore (RST), SThree (STEM), Costain Group (COST), and RWS (RWS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Braemar vs.
Global Ports (LON:GPH) and Braemar (LON:BMS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
9.3% of Global Ports shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.7% of Braemar shares are owned by institutional investors. 78.0% of Global Ports shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 46.8% of Braemar shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock 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 4.9%. 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 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.
Braemar received 45 more outperform votes than Global Ports when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.43% of users gave Braemar an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Global Ports an outperform vote.
Global Ports has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Braemar has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Global Ports had 2 more articles in the media than Braemar. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Global Ports and 1 mentions for Braemar. Braemar's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Global Ports' score of 0.00 indicating that Braemar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 consensus target price of GBX 380, indicating a potential upside of 43.94%. Given Braemar's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Braemar is more favorable than Global Ports.
Summary
Braemar beats Global Ports on 13 of the 19 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 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff