CKN vs. ICGC, OCN, FGP, GEC, BOY, SMS, MGNS, GEN, CHG, and MTO
Should you be buying Clarkson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clarkson include Irish Continental Group (ICGC), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), FirstGroup (FGP), General Electric (GEC), Bodycote (BOY), Smart Metering Systems (SMS), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Genuit Group (GEN), Chemring Group (CHG), and Mitie Group (MTO). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Clarkson (LON:CKN) and Irish Continental Group (LON:ICGC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, Clarkson had 1 more articles in the media than Irish Continental Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Clarkson and 1 mentions for Irish Continental Group. Clarkson's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Irish Continental Group's score of 0.21 indicating that Clarkson is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Clarkson received 152 more outperform votes than Irish Continental Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.15% of users gave Clarkson an outperform vote while only 70.59% of users gave Irish Continental Group an outperform vote.
Clarkson has a net margin of 13.11% compared to Irish Continental Group's net margin of 10.77%. Irish Continental Group's return on equity of 22.68% beat Clarkson's return on equity.
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.
Clarkson pays an annual dividend of GBX 102 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Irish Continental Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Clarkson pays out 3,722.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Irish Continental Group pays out 4,193.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Clarkson has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Irish Continental Group has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Clarkson presently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,381.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.40%. Given Clarkson's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Clarkson is more favorable than Irish Continental Group.
57.9% of Clarkson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.5% of Irish Continental Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Clarkson shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of Irish Continental Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Clarkson beats Irish Continental Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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