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James Fisher and Sons (FSJ) Competitors

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GBX 354.50 -0.50 (-0.14%)
As of 10:38 AM Eastern

FSJ vs. OCN, GPH, BMS, MPL, CKN, ICGC, MEGP, PAGE, KINO, and ZIG

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), ME Group International (MEGP), PageGroup (PAGE), Kinovo (KINO), and Zigup (ZIG). 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 superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ocean Wilsons11.88% 10.38% 6.02%
James Fisher and Sons -10.44%-33.24%2.84%

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.

12.1% of Ocean Wilsons shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.3% of James Fisher and Sons shares are held by institutional investors. 31.2% of Ocean Wilsons shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of James Fisher and Sons shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

James Fisher and Sons has a consensus target price of GBX 387.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.31%. Given James Fisher and Sons' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe James Fisher and Sons is more favorable than Ocean Wilsons.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ocean Wilsons
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
James Fisher and Sons
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ocean Wilsons£20.46M16.72£76.94M£2.03596.78
James Fisher and Sons£437.70M0.41-£52.66M£0.90395.21

In the previous week, James Fisher and Sons had 3 more articles in the media than Ocean Wilsons. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for James Fisher and Sons and 0 mentions for Ocean Wilsons. Ocean Wilsons' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat James Fisher and Sons' score of -0.10 indicating that Ocean Wilsons is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ocean Wilsons Neutral
James Fisher and Sons Neutral

Summary

Ocean Wilsons beats James Fisher and Sons on 10 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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FSJ vs. The Competition

MetricJames Fisher and SonsMarine Shipping IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£179.30M£2.73B£7.78B£2.58B
Dividend Yield1.57%2.87%4.57%5.31%
P/E Ratio395.21167.19307.825,434.31
Price / Sales0.41216.48215.0197,587.14
Price / Cash3.125.1328.9127.93
Price / Book1.151.434.679.60
Net Income-£52.66M£180.25M£798.53M£5.89B
7 Day Performance2.16%1.77%1.12%0.79%
1 Month Performance8.74%1.23%2.21%44.91%
1 Year Performance3.05%-3.27%26.47%189.92%

James Fisher and Sons Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FSJ
James Fisher and Sons
0.7744 of 5 stars
GBX 354.50
-0.1%
GBX 387.50
+9.3%
+1.4%£179.30M£437.70M395.212,041
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,215
-0.4%
N/A-9.4%£343.72M£20.46M599.4174,200Gap Down
GPH
Global Ports
N/AN/AN/AN/A£231.21M£193.58M30,000.0020
BMS
Braemar
2.2549 of 5 stars
GBX 248.39
-0.6%
GBX 365
+46.9%
-8.9%£75.84M£141.86M1,498.12400News Coverage
High Trading Volume
MPL
Mercantile Ports & Logistics
N/AGBX 0.94
+10.0%
N/A-50.0%£3.33M£4.35M-17.9844High Trading Volume
CKN
Clarkson
1.3401 of 5 stars
GBX 3,440
-0.6%
GBX 3,950
+14.8%
-3.9%£1.06B£649.10M1,410.992,024
ICGC
Irish Continental Group
N/AGBX 492.64
-0.7%
N/AN/A£792.09M£628.20M1,263.18288
MEGP
ME Group International
2.8448 of 5 stars
GBX 188
-0.7%
GBX 270
+43.6%
-0.2%£710.05M£311.32M1,250.001,183Gap Up
PAGE
PageGroup
2.4986 of 5 stars
GBX 226.20
-1.8%
GBX 450
+98.9%
-40.8%£708.76M£1.64B6,113.517,859
KINO
Kinovo
N/AGBX 1,095
-11.3%
GBX 95
-91.3%
+1,613.2%£693.80M£63.37M-576,315.79203
ZIG
Zigup
1.952 of 5 stars
GBX 304.50
-1.1%
GBX 390
+28.1%
-19.9%£687.89M£1.81B872.497,906Positive News

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This page (LON:FSJ) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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