Braemar (BMS) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GPH or BMS?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 46.8% of Braemar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate GPH or BMS?

Braemar has a consensus target price of GBX 410, indicating a potential upside of 57.09%. Given Braemar's higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	N/A
Braemar	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, GPH or BMS?

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.

Does the media favor GPH or BMS?

In the previous week, Global Ports and Global Ports both had 2 articles in the media. Braemar's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Global Ports' score of 0.01 indicating that Braemar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Global Ports	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Braemar	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GPH or BMS?

Braemar received 44 more outperform votes than Global Ports when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.33% of users gave Braemar an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Global Ports an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Global Ports	Outperform Votes 160 62.50%	Underperform Votes 96 37.50%
Braemar	Outperform Votes 204 71.33%	Underperform Votes 82 28.67%

Is GPH or BMS a better dividend stock?

Global Ports pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. Braemar pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. 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 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, GPH or BMS?

Braemar has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Ports	£193.58M	1.19	-£19.81M	£0.01	30,000.00
Braemar	£152.75M	0.52	£4.62M	£0.13	2,007.69

Is GPH or BMS more profitable?

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 Ports	0.46%	34.36%	3.88%
Braemar	3.03%	5.92%	7.09%

Summary

Braemar beats Global Ports on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.