Gulf Marine Services (GMS) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, TOT or GMS?

Gulf Marine Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Total Produce	£3.82B	0.17	N/A	£8.80	18.75
Gulf Marine Services	£158.04M	1.05	£40.03M	£0.03	516.67

Do analysts rate TOT or GMS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Total Produce	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Gulf Marine Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

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

6.2% of Gulf Marine Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.9% of Gulf Marine Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to TOT or GMS?

In the previous week, Total Produce had 14 more articles in the media than Gulf Marine Services. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Total Produce and 1 mentions for Gulf Marine Services. Gulf Marine Services' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Total Produce's score of -0.18 indicating that Gulf Marine Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Total Produce	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Gulf Marine Services	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TOT or GMS 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 12.56% beat Total Produce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Total Produce	N/A	N/A	N/A
Gulf Marine Services	25.33%	12.56%	5.32%

Is TOT or GMS a better dividend stock?

Total Produce pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Gulf Marine Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. Total Produce pays out 0.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gulf Marine Services pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TOT or GMS?

Gulf Marine Services received 233 more outperform votes than Total Produce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.19% of users gave Gulf Marine Services an outperform vote while only 58.68% of users gave Total Produce an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Total Produce	Outperform Votes 71 58.68%	Underperform Votes 50 41.32%
Gulf Marine Services	Outperform Votes 304 76.19%	Underperform Votes 95 23.81%

Summary

Gulf Marine Services beats Total Produce on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.