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Mercantile Ports & Logistics (MPL) Competitors

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MPL vs. CKN, ICGC, OCN, GPH, FSJ, BMS, RTC, CPP, REAT, and HYDG

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), RTC Group (RTC), CPPGroup (CPP), REACT Group (REAT), and Hydrogen Group Plc (HYDG.L) (HYDG). 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 better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Mercantile Ports & Logistics has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clarkson has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Clarkson has higher revenue and earnings than Mercantile Ports & Logistics. Mercantile Ports & Logistics 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
Mercantile Ports & Logistics£4.35M0.74-£21.86M-£0.05-17.31
Clarkson£649.10M1.69£82.85M£2.441,464.32

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mercantile Ports & LogisticsN/A -27.50% -2.36%
Clarkson 13.10%17.96%7.79%

Clarkson has a consensus target price of GBX 3,950, indicating a potential upside of 10.64%. Given Clarkson's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Clarkson is more favorable than Mercantile Ports & Logistics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mercantile Ports & Logistics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Clarkson
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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 0.25 beat Mercantile Ports & Logistics' score of 0.00 indicating that Clarkson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Mercantile Ports & Logistics Neutral
Clarkson Neutral

37.0% of Mercantile Ports & Logistics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of Clarkson shares are held by institutional investors. 44.5% of Mercantile Ports & Logistics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Clarkson shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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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MPL vs. The Competition

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MetricMercantile Ports & LogisticsMarine Shipping IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.21M£2.74B£7.71B£2.57B
Dividend YieldN/A2.87%4.56%5.31%
P/E Ratio-17.31166.32305.895,410.43
Price / Sales0.74214.51216.3197,367.90
Price / Cash0.805.1328.9227.93
Price / Book0.051.424.649.48
Net Income-£21.86M£180.25M£798.53M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-5.26%1.01%1.12%0.45%
1 Month Performance-40.00%0.83%1.84%44.44%
1 Year Performance-50.03%-3.27%24.86%186.28%

Mercantile Ports & Logistics Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MPL
Mercantile Ports & Logistics
N/AGBX 0.90
-5.3%		N/A-50.5%£3.21M£4.35M-17.3144
CKN
Clarkson
1.4798 of 5 stars		GBX 3,500
-0.6%		GBX 3,950
+12.9%		-3.2%£1.08B£649.10M1,435.602,024
ICGC
Irish Continental Group
N/AGBX 482
-2.8%		N/AN/A£774.98M£628.20M1,235.90288
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,215
-0.8%		N/A-8.3%£343.72M£20.46M599.4174,200
GPH
Global Ports
N/AN/AN/AN/A£231.21M£193.58M30,000.0020News Coverage
FSJ
James Fisher and Sons
0.7913 of 5 stars		GBX 348
+0.3%		GBX 387.50
+11.4%		+2.0%£176.01M£437.70M387.962,041
BMS
Braemar
2.0807 of 5 stars		GBX 257
+1.2%		GBX 365
+42.0%		N/A£78.47M£141.86M1,550.06400
RTC
RTC Group
N/AGBX 96
+1.1%		N/A-3.3%£12.05M£96.00M704.33361
CPP
CPPGroup
N/AGBX 133.50
+6.8%		N/A+0.7%£12.04M£156.43M-334.924,558Gap Up
High Trading Volume
REAT
REACT Group
N/AGBX 50.70
+0.4%		N/A-39.3%£11.98M£22.27M-3,357.62301News Coverage
Insider Trade
HYDG
Hydrogen Group Plc (HYDG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£11.82M£102.62M106.25320Gap Up

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This page (LON:MPL) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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