MPL vs. CKN, ICGC, OCN, GPH, FSJ, BMS, EMR, REAT, GYG, and DRV
Should you be buying Mercantile Ports & Logistics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercantile Ports & Logistics include Clarkson (CKN), Irish Continental Group (ICGC), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Global Ports (GPH), James Fisher and Sons (FSJ), Braemar (BMS), Empresaria Group (EMR), REACT Group (REAT), GYG (GYG), and Driver Group (DRV). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Mercantile Ports & Logistics vs. Its Competitors
Mercantile Ports & Logistics (LON:MPL) and Clarkson (LON:CKN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Clarkson had 1 more articles in the media than Mercantile Ports & Logistics. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Clarkson and 0 mentions for Mercantile Ports & Logistics. Mercantile Ports & Logistics' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Clarkson'saverage media sentiment score.
27.4% of Mercantile Ports & Logistics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Clarkson shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.2% of Mercantile Ports & Logistics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Clarkson shares are owned by company 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.
Clarkson has a consensus price target of GBX 4,250, suggesting a potential upside of 28.40%. Given Clarkson's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Clarkson is more favorable than Mercantile Ports & Logistics.
Clarkson has higher revenue and earnings than Mercantile Ports & Logistics.
Clarkson has a net margin of 13.10% compared to Mercantile Ports & Logistics' net margin of 0.00%. Clarkson's return on equity of 17.96% beat Mercantile Ports & Logistics' return on equity.
Clarkson received 153 more outperform votes than Mercantile Ports & Logistics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.58% of users gave Clarkson an outperform vote while only 70.64% of users gave Mercantile Ports & Logistics an outperform vote.
Mercantile Ports & Logistics has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% 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.
Summary
Clarkson beats Mercantile Ports & Logistics on 15 of the 16 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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This page (LON:MPL) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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