BMS vs. GPH, FSJ, LORD, AVAP, ANX, INSE, CTO, MPAC, SFT, and BILN
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), Lords Group Trading (LORD), Avation (AVAP), Anexo Group (ANX), Inspired (INSE), TClarke (CTO), Mpac Group (MPAC), Software Circle (SFT), and Billington (BILN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Braemar (LON:BMS) and Global Ports (LON:GPH) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Braemar has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Ports has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Braemar has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Global Ports. Braemar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Ports, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Braemar pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Global Ports pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.8%. Braemar pays out -14,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Ports pays out -14,800.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Global Ports is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Braemar received 42 more outperform votes than Global Ports when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.13% of users gave Braemar an outperform vote while only 62.75% of users gave Global Ports an outperform vote.
Braemar has a net margin of -1.54% compared to Global Ports' net margin of -11.28%. Braemar's return on equity of -2.97% beat Global Ports' return on equity.
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 0.67 beat Global Ports' score of 0.00 indicating that Braemar is being referred to more favorably in the media.
25.7% of Braemar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Global Ports shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.9% of Braemar shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 67.4% of Global Ports shares are owned by 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.
Summary
Braemar beats Global Ports on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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