CKN vs. ICGC, OCN, GPH, FSJ, BMS, MPL, COB, IDS, SIG, and BBA
Should you be buying Clarkson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clarkson include Irish Continental Group (ICGC), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Global Ports (GPH), James Fisher and Sons (FSJ), Braemar (BMS), Mercantile Ports & Logistics (MPL), Cobham (COB), International Distributions Services (IDS), Signature Aviation (SIG), and BBA Aviation (BBA). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Clarkson vs. Its Competitors
Irish Continental Group (LON:ICGC) and Clarkson (LON:CKN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Irish Continental Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Clarkson pays an annual dividend of GBX 104 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Irish Continental Group pays out 41.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Clarkson pays out 38.7% 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. Clarkson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
44.7% of Irish Continental Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Clarkson shares are held by institutional investors. 24.0% of Irish Continental Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Clarkson shares are held by company 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.
Clarkson has a net margin of 13.10% compared to Irish Continental Group's net margin of 10.51%. Irish Continental Group's return on equity of 22.21% beat Clarkson's return on equity.
Clarkson has a consensus target price of GBX 4,250, indicating a potential upside of 27.82%. Given Clarkson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Clarkson is more favorable than Irish Continental Group.
Clarkson has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Irish Continental Group. Clarkson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Irish Continental Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Irish Continental Group has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clarkson has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Irish Continental Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Clarkson'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Clarkson beats Irish Continental Group on 12 of the 16 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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This page (LON:CKN) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
