CKN vs. ICGC, OCN, GPH, FSJ, BMS, MPL, HSV, COB, EZJ, and IDS
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), HomeServe (HSV), Cobham (COB), easyJet (EZJ), and International Distributions Services (IDS). 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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Irish Continental Group has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clarkson has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Clarkson had 2 more articles in the media than Irish Continental Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Clarkson and 0 mentions for Irish Continental Group. Clarkson's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Irish Continental Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Clarkson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
37.2% of Irish Continental Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of Clarkson shares are held by institutional investors. 26.7% of Irish Continental Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Clarkson shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Clarkson has higher revenue and earnings than Irish Continental Group. Irish Continental Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clarkson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Irish Continental Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Clarkson pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Irish Continental Group pays out 39.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Clarkson pays out 44.7% 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. Irish Continental Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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 price target of GBX 3,950, suggesting a potential upside of 9.87%. Given Clarkson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Clarkson is more favorable than Irish Continental Group.
Summary
Clarkson beats Irish Continental Group on 14 of the 18 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 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
