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Clarkson (CKN) Competitors

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GBX 3,190 +195.00 (+6.51%)
As of 05/2/2025 12:20 PM Eastern

CKN vs. ICGC, OCN, GPH, FSJ, BMS, MPL, COB, EZJ, IDS, and SIG

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), easyJet (EZJ), International Distributions Services (IDS), and Signature Aviation (SIG). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Clarkson vs.

Clarkson (LON:CKN) and Irish Continental Group (LON:ICGC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Clarkson presently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,425, suggesting a potential upside of 38.71%. Given Clarkson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Clarkson is more favorable than Irish Continental Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Clarkson
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Irish Continental Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Clarkson has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Clarkson£632.60M1.55£82.85M£268.7311.87
Irish Continental Group£703.84M1.26£74.00M£31.0114.38

In the previous week, Clarkson had 4 more articles in the media than Irish Continental Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Clarkson and 0 mentions for Irish Continental Group. Clarkson's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Irish Continental Group's score of 0.75 indicating that Clarkson is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Clarkson Positive
Irish Continental Group Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Clarkson13.10% 17.96% 7.79%
Irish Continental Group 10.51%22.21%6.96%

Clarkson received 158 more outperform votes than Irish Continental Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.58% of users gave Clarkson an outperform vote while only 70.59% of users gave Irish Continental Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ClarksonOutperform Votes
230
79.58%
Underperform Votes
59
20.42%
Irish Continental GroupOutperform Votes
72
70.59%
Underperform Votes
30
29.41%

Clarkson pays an annual dividend of GBX 104 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Irish Continental Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Clarkson pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Irish Continental Group pays out 41.9% 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.

Clarkson has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Irish Continental Group has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

53.9% of Clarkson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Irish Continental Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Clarkson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of Irish Continental Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Clarkson beats Irish Continental Group on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CKN vs. The Competition

MetricClarksonMarine Shipping IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£982.66M£2.90B£7.33B£2.63B
Dividend Yield2.36%2.92%3.56%4.81%
P/E Ratio11.8710.8421.20134.45
Price / Sales1.5554.4784.40243,023.82
Price / Cash3.635.1326.9028.30
Price / Book2.091.323.814.52
Net Income£82.85M£180.25M£808.20M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-3.77%0.40%4.81%3.48%
1 Month Performance-6.18%0.54%5.35%12.10%
1 Year Performance-18.62%-8.98%14.76%26.47%

Clarkson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CKN
Clarkson
3.6114 of 5 stars
GBX 3,190
+6.5%
GBX 4,425
+38.7%
-20.3%£982.66M£632.60M11.872,024Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
ICGC
Irish Continental Group
N/AGBX 422
-5.4%
N/A-2.6%£836.12M£703.84M13.61288
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,330
-1.8%
N/A-1.5%£586.41M£647.52M9.5074,200News Coverage
GPH
Global Ports
N/AN/AN/AN/A£231.21M£193.58M30,000.0020
FSJ
James Fisher and Sons
2.9697 of 5 stars
GBX 294
-0.7%
GBX 387.50
+31.8%
+7.5%£149.92M£504.60M-2.882,041Positive News
BMS
Braemar
2.9212 of 5 stars
GBX 235
flat
GBX 380
+61.7%
-12.6%£75.83M£165.60M15.27400News Coverage
Gap Down
MPL
Mercantile Ports & Logistics
N/AGBX 0.96
-1.9%
N/A-40.6%£3.41M£3.83M-12.7544
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
EZJ
easyJet
2.6767 of 5 stars
GBX 495.50
+1.5%
GBX 640
+29.2%
-4.2%£3.74B£8.81B10.0016,697Dividend Increase
IDS
International Distributions Services
N/AGBX 366.20
+0.1%
N/A+33.2%£3.51B£12.69B64.90160,980News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SIG
Signature Aviation
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.29B£1.41B-495.0030,900News Coverage

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This page (LON:CKN) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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