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Irish Continental Group (ICGC) Competitors

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GBX 520 -25.00 (-4.59%)
As of 10/16/2025 03:42 AM Eastern

ICGC vs. CKN, OCN, GPH, FSJ, BMS, MPL, SIG, BBA, BBY, and ROR

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), Signature Aviation (SIG), BBA Aviation (BBA), Balfour Beatty (BBY), and Rotork (ROR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Irish Continental Group vs. Its Competitors

Clarkson (LON:CKN) and Irish Continental Group (LON:ICGC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and profitability.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Clarkson13.10% 17.96% 7.79%
Irish Continental Group 10.51%22.21%6.96%

In the previous week, Clarkson had 1 more articles in the media than Irish Continental Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Clarkson and 1 mentions for Irish Continental Group. Clarkson's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Irish Continental Group's score of 0.14 indicating that Clarkson is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Clarkson
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Irish Continental Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Clarkson has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Irish Continental Group has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Clarkson£649.10M1.64£82.85M£2.441,421.25
Irish Continental Group£628.20M1.31£74.00M£0.391,333.33

Clarkson pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Irish Continental Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Clarkson pays out 44.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Irish Continental Group pays out 39.8% 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.

72.0% of Clarkson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.2% of Irish Continental Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Clarkson shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.7% of Irish Continental Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Clarkson presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,950, suggesting a potential upside of 14.00%. Given Clarkson's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Clarkson is more favorable than Irish Continental Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Clarkson
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Irish Continental Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Clarkson beats Irish Continental Group on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ICGC vs. The Competition

MetricIrish Continental GroupMarine Shipping IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£822.45M£2.70B£7.84B£2.57B
Dividend Yield2.59%2.88%4.59%5.37%
P/E Ratio1,333.33151.45280.664,242.54
Price / Sales1.31166.521,253.1599,406.89
Price / Cash16.905.1327.7427.90
Price / Book3.111.434.798.11
Net Income£74.00M£180.25M£790.12M£5.89B
7 Day Performance3.08%1.30%0.11%-0.62%
1 Month Performance5.26%-1.54%1.44%0.88%
1 Year Performance12.55%-4.98%26.53%126.01%

Irish Continental Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ICGC
Irish Continental Group
N/AGBX 520
-4.6%
N/A+12.6%£822.45M£628.20M1,333.33288News Coverage
Gap Down
CKN
Clarkson
1.7 of 5 stars
GBX 3,465
-0.1%
GBX 3,950
+14.0%
-2.0%£1.06B£649.10M1,421.252,024
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,129.91
-0.4%
N/A-22.9%£319.65M£26.66M123.2774,200News Coverage
GPH
Global Ports
N/AN/AN/AN/A£231.21M£193.58M30,000.0020
FSJ
James Fisher and Sons
1.2193 of 5 stars
GBX 375
-2.3%
GBX 452.50
+20.7%
+6.2%£189.25M£408.10M433.032,041
BMS
Braemar
2.4929 of 5 stars
GBX 240
-2.8%
GBX 320
+33.3%
-7.7%£73.12M£141.86M1,447.53400Positive News
Gap Down
MPL
Mercantile Ports & Logistics
N/AGBX 0.81
+4.5%
N/A-29.7%£2.89M£4.35M-15.5844
SIG
Signature Aviation
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.29B£1.41B-495.0030,900
BBA
BBA Aviation
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.26B£2.59B31.805,973
BBY
Balfour Beatty
1.0953 of 5 stars
GBX 657
-0.8%
GBX 680
+3.5%
+44.3%£3.22B£8.87B1,861.19105,000
ROR
Rotork
3.0319 of 5 stars
GBX 330.40
-1.1%
GBX 396.25
+19.9%
+1.9%£2.74B£760.33M2,823.933,342Positive News
Gap Up

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This page (LON:ICGC) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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