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Mercantile Ports & Logistics (MPL) Competitors

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MPL vs. CKN, ICGC, OCN, GPH, FSJ, BMS, EMR, CPH2, TPG, and MIND

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), Clean Power Hydrogen (CPH2), TP Group (TPG), and Mind Gym (MIND). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Mercantile Ports & Logistics vs. Its Competitors

Clarkson (LON:CKN) and Mercantile Ports & Logistics (LON:MPL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.

In the previous week, Clarkson had 2 more articles in the media than Mercantile Ports & Logistics. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Clarkson and 0 mentions for Mercantile Ports & Logistics. Clarkson's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Mercantile Ports & Logistics' score of 0.00 indicating that Clarkson is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Clarkson Neutral
Mercantile Ports & Logistics Neutral

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
Clarkson13.10% 17.96% 7.79%
Mercantile Ports & Logistics N/A -27.50%-2.36%

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
Clarkson£649.10M1.63£82.85M£2.441,417.15
Mercantile Ports & Logistics£4.35M0.65-£21.86M-£0.05-15.38

72.0% of Clarkson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.0% of Mercantile Ports & Logistics shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Clarkson shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.5% of Mercantile Ports & Logistics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Clarkson currently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,950, suggesting a potential upside of 14.33%. Given Clarkson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Clarkson is more favorable than Mercantile Ports & Logistics.

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
Mercantile Ports & Logistics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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.

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

MetricMercantile Ports & LogisticsMarine Shipping IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.85M£2.63B£7.66B£2.58B
Dividend YieldN/A2.87%4.56%5.30%
P/E Ratio-15.38163.29313.875,402.21
Price / Sales0.65214.16217.3797,081.17
Price / Cash0.805.1328.7327.93
Price / Book0.041.404.507.92
Net Income-£21.86M£180.25M£798.53M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-48.25%-0.40%0.77%1.02%
1 Month Performance-45.87%-0.04%1.62%54.81%
1 Year Performance-60.77%-3.74%27.03%146.54%

Mercantile Ports & Logistics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MPL
Mercantile Ports & Logistics
N/AGBX 0.80
-8.6%
N/A-56.8%£2.85M£4.35M-15.3844
CKN
Clarkson
1.6161 of 5 stars
GBX 3,460
+0.6%
GBX 3,950
+14.2%
-2.6%£1.06B£649.10M1,419.202,024High Trading Volume
ICGC
Irish Continental Group
N/AGBX 495.18
-1.9%
N/A+4.0%£801.30M£628.20M1,269.69288
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,215
-0.8%
N/A-9.3%£343.72M£20.46M599.4174,200High Trading Volume
GPH
Global Ports
N/AN/AN/AN/A£231.21M£193.58M30,000.0020
FSJ
James Fisher and Sons
0.9401 of 5 stars
GBX 331.15
-1.4%
GBX 387.50
+17.0%
-0.9%£167.49M£437.70M369.182,041News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
BMS
Braemar
2.0797 of 5 stars
GBX 235
+0.4%
GBX 365
+55.3%
-17.5%£72.23M£141.86M1,417.37400
EMR
Empresaria Group
N/AGBX 37.71
-2.1%
N/A-5.1%£18.50M£242.20M-237.173,150Gap Down
CPH2
Clean Power Hydrogen
N/AGBX 5.20
+2.0%
N/A-41.9%£18.43MN/A-96.8355
TPG
TP Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£17.14M£45.09M-2.201,110News Coverage
High Trading Volume
MIND
Mind Gym
N/AGBX 15.50
flat
N/A-36.4%£15.55M£38.61M-189.95270Gap Down

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This page (LON:MPL) was last updated on 9/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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