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Gulf Marine Services (GMS) Competitors

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GBX 18.80 -0.18 (-0.95%)
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GMS vs. TOT, ARW, SAG, JPEI, SNX, NAH, ASH, COR, RUS, and FERG

Should you be buying Gulf Marine Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gulf Marine Services include Total Produce (TOT), Arrow Global Group (ARW), Science Group (SAG), JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Income (JPEI), Synectics (SNX), NAHL Group (NAH), Ashley House plc (ASH.L) (ASH), 70688 (COR.L) (COR), Raven Russia (RUS), and Ferguson (FERG). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

Gulf Marine Services vs. Its Competitors

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

Gulf Marine Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. 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.

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 Services25.33% 11.84% 5.32%
Total Produce N/A N/A N/A

6.2% of Gulf Marine Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.6% of Gulf Marine Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Gulf Marine Services had 1 more articles in the media than Total Produce. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Gulf Marine Services and 0 mentions for Total Produce. 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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gulf Marine Services£190.25M1.33£48.19M£2.866.57
Total Produce£3.82B0.00N/A£8.80N/A

Summary

Gulf Marine Services beats Total Produce on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GMS vs. The Competition

MetricGulf Marine ServicesOil & Gas Equipment & Services IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£252.30M£380.98M£8.02B£3.17B
Dividend Yield6.86%19.75%10.84%5.04%
P/E Ratio6.579.5676.24170.02
Price / Sales1.33108.5624,354.96474,878.67
Price / Cash4.7026.6936.0827.93
Price / Book0.602.624.116.50
Net Income£48.19M£38.57M£4.27B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.88%0.30%1.66%0.34%
1 Month Performance-6.23%-2.13%1.72%50.12%
1 Year Performance9.62%11.30%11.07%144.70%

Gulf Marine Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GMS
Gulf Marine Services
N/AGBX 18.80
-0.9%
N/A+10.3%£252.30M£190.25M6.575,480
TOT
Total Produce
N/AN/AN/AN/A£641.85M£3.82B18.755,974
ARW
Arrow Global Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£544.66M£269.20M35.2922,300
SAG
Science Group
2.4499 of 5 stars
GBX 559.50
-0.1%
GBX 758
+35.5%
+13.6%£250.10M£108.81M42.24443
JPEI
JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Income
N/AN/AN/AN/A£106.91MN/A133.33N/A
SNX
Synectics
N/AGBX 315
-0.8%
N/A+57.0%£51.74M£52.08M17.5323,500News Coverage
NAH
NAHL Group
N/AGBX 52.48
+3.4%
N/A-11.1%£24.94M£41.04M30.67140
ASH
Ashley House plc (ASH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£729K£11.92M-0.243,900Gap Up
COR
70688 (COR.L)
N/AGBX 0.02
flat
N/AN/A£0.00N/A0.0042,000
RUS
Raven Russia
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00147,000
FERG
Ferguson
0.9072 of 5 stars
£173.20
-0.3%
N/A+12.1%£43.22B£36.90B25.7436,000

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This page (LON:GMS) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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