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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

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

Do institutionals & insiders 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	1.34	£48.19M	£2.86	6.66
Total Produce	£3.82B	0.00	N/A	£8.80	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 10.5%. 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.

Does the media prefer GMS or TOT?

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

Summary

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