Gulf Marine Services (GMS) Competitors

Gulf Marine Services (LON:GMS) and Total Produce (LON:TOT) are both small-cap wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GMS or TOT?

Gulf Marine Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Total Produce. Total Produce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gulf Marine Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gulf Marine Services	£190.25M	1.40	£48.19M	£2.86	6.95
Total Produce	£3.82B	0.00	N/A	£8.80	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GMS or TOT?

6.2% of Gulf Marine Services shares are held by institutional investors. 51.6% of Gulf Marine Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to GMS or TOT?

In the previous week, Gulf Marine Services' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Total Produce'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Gulf Marine Services	Neutral
Total Produce	Neutral

Is GMS or TOT more profitable?

Gulf Marine Services has a net margin of 25.33% compared to Total Produce's net margin of 0.00%. Gulf Marine Services' return on equity of 11.84% beat Total Produce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gulf Marine Services	25.33%	11.84%	5.32%
Total Produce	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is GMS or TOT a better dividend stock?

Gulf Marine Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Total Produce pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share. Gulf Marine Services pays out 69.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Total Produce pays out 0.7% 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.

Summary

Gulf Marine Services beats Total Produce on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.