FSJ vs. OCN, GPH, BMS, MPL, CKN, ICGC, GOG, NEX, EQN, and RNWH
Should you be buying James Fisher and Sons stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of James Fisher and Sons include Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Global Ports (GPH), Braemar (BMS), Mercantile Ports & Logistics (MPL), Clarkson (CKN), Irish Continental Group (ICGC), The Go-Ahead Group (GOG), National Express Group (NEX), Equiniti Group (EQN), and Renew (RNWH). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
James Fisher and Sons vs. Its Competitors
Ocean Wilsons (LON:OCN) and James Fisher and Sons (LON:FSJ) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, James Fisher and Sons had 9 more articles in the media than Ocean Wilsons. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for James Fisher and Sons and 0 mentions for Ocean Wilsons. James Fisher and Sons' average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Ocean Wilsons' score of 0.00 indicating that James Fisher and Sons is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
James Fisher and Sons has a consensus target price of GBX 387.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.35%. Given James Fisher and Sons' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe James Fisher and Sons is more favorable than Ocean Wilsons.
Ocean Wilsons has a net margin of 11.88% compared to James Fisher and Sons' net margin of -10.44%. Ocean Wilsons' return on equity of 10.38% beat James Fisher and Sons' return on equity.
12.1% of Ocean Wilsons shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.3% of James Fisher and Sons shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.2% of Ocean Wilsons shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of James Fisher and Sons shares are owned 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.
Ocean Wilsons has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James Fisher and Sons has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ocean Wilsons has higher earnings, but lower revenue than James Fisher and Sons. James Fisher and Sons is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ocean Wilsons, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ocean Wilsons beats James Fisher and Sons on 9 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:FSJ) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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