MPL vs. CKN, ICGC, OCN, GPH, FSJ, BMS, DSW, GYG, EMR, 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), DSW Capital (DSW), GYG (GYG), Empresaria Group (EMR), and Driver Group (DRV). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Mercantile Ports & Logistics vs.
Clarkson (LON:CKN) and Mercantile Ports & Logistics (LON:MPL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.
Clarkson has higher revenue and earnings than Mercantile Ports & Logistics.
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.
In the previous week, Clarkson had 3 more articles in the media than Mercantile Ports & Logistics. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Clarkson and 0 mentions for Mercantile Ports & Logistics. Clarkson's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Mercantile Ports & Logistics' score of 0.00 indicating that Clarkson is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
53.9% of Clarkson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Mercantile Ports & Logistics shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Clarkson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 60.2% of Mercantile Ports & Logistics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Clarkson has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercantile Ports & Logistics has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Clarkson presently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,250, suggesting a potential upside of 27.63%. Given Clarkson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Clarkson is more favorable than Mercantile Ports & Logistics.
Summary
Clarkson beats Mercantile Ports & Logistics on 16 of the 17 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 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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