Gulf Marine Services (GMS) Competitors

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

Which has stronger 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	0.00	N/A	£8.80	N/A
Gulf Marine Services	£190.25M	1.38	£48.19M	£2.86	6.81

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 11.84% 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%	11.84%	5.32%

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

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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer TOT or GMS?

In the previous week, Gulf Marine Services had 2 more articles in the media than Total Produce. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Gulf Marine Services and 0 mentions for Total Produce. Gulf Marine Services' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Total Produce's score of 0.00 indicating that Gulf Marine Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Total Produce	Neutral
Gulf Marine Services	Positive

Is TOT or GMS a better dividend stock?

Total Produce pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share. Gulf Marine Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Total Produce pays out 0.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gulf Marine Services pays out 69.9% 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 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.