ICGC vs. CKN, OCN, GPH, FSJ, BMS, MPL, BBY, QQ, ROR, and RS1
Should you be buying Irish Continental Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Irish Continental Group include Clarkson (CKN), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Global Ports (GPH), James Fisher and Sons (FSJ), Braemar (BMS), Mercantile Ports & Logistics (MPL), Balfour Beatty (BBY), QinetiQ Group (QQ), Rotork (ROR), and RS Group (RS1). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Irish Continental Group vs. Its Competitors
Irish Continental Group (LON:ICGC) and Clarkson (LON:CKN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
Clarkson has a consensus target price of GBX 3,950, suggesting a potential upside of 9.87%. Given Clarkson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Clarkson is more favorable than Irish Continental Group.
Clarkson has a net margin of 13.10% compared to Irish Continental Group's net margin of 10.51%. Irish Continental Group's return on equity of 22.21% beat Clarkson's return on equity.
Irish Continental Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Clarkson pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Irish Continental Group pays out 39.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Clarkson pays out 44.7% 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. Irish Continental Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
37.2% of Irish Continental Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of Clarkson shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.7% of Irish Continental Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Clarkson shares are owned 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.
Irish Continental Group has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clarkson has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Clarkson has higher revenue and earnings than Irish Continental Group. Irish Continental Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clarkson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Clarkson had 2 more articles in the media than Irish Continental Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Clarkson and 0 mentions for Irish Continental Group. Clarkson's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Irish Continental Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Clarkson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Clarkson beats Irish Continental Group on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:ICGC) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
