FSJ vs. OCN, GPH, BMS, MPL, CKN, ICGC, VLX, MGAM, ITE, and JSG
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), Volex (VLX), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), ITE Group (ITE), and Johnson Service Group (JSG). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
James Fisher and Sons vs.
Ocean Wilsons (LON:OCN) and James Fisher and Sons (LON:FSJ) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.
Ocean Wilsons pays an annual dividend of GBX 67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. James Fisher and Sons pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Ocean Wilsons pays out 47.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. James Fisher and Sons pays out -15.7% 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. James Fisher and Sons is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
41.7% of Ocean Wilsons shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.9% of James Fisher and Sons shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of Ocean Wilsons shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.1% of James Fisher and Sons shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Ocean Wilsons and Ocean Wilsons both had 2 articles in the media. Ocean Wilsons' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat James Fisher and Sons' score of 0.30 indicating that Ocean Wilsons is being referred to more favorably in the media.
James Fisher and Sons has a consensus target price of GBX 387.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.72%. Given James Fisher and Sons' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe James Fisher and Sons is more favorable than Ocean Wilsons.
Ocean Wilsons has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James Fisher and Sons has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Ocean Wilsons has higher revenue and earnings 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.
James Fisher and Sons received 3 more outperform votes than Ocean Wilsons when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.69% of users gave Ocean Wilsons an outperform vote while only 58.79% of users gave James Fisher and Sons an outperform vote.
Summary
Ocean Wilsons beats James Fisher and Sons on 11 of the 19 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 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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