Mercantile Ports & Logistics (MPL) Competitors

Mercantile Ports & Logistics (LON:MPL) and Nexus Infrastructure (LON:NEXS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

Do analysts recommend MPL or NEXS?

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)	N/A
Nexus Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MPL or NEXS?

Nexus Infrastructure received 11 more outperform votes than Mercantile Ports & Logistics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.64% of users gave Mercantile Ports & Logistics an outperform vote while only 67.18% of users gave Nexus Infrastructure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mercantile Ports & Logistics	Outperform Votes 77 70.64%	Underperform Votes 32 29.36%
Nexus Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 88 67.18%	Underperform Votes 43 32.82%

Does the media favor MPL or NEXS?

In the previous week, Nexus Infrastructure had 15 more articles in the media than Mercantile Ports & Logistics. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Nexus Infrastructure and 0 mentions for Mercantile Ports & Logistics. Nexus Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Mercantile Ports & Logistics' score of -0.84 indicating that Nexus Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mercantile Ports & Logistics	Negative
Nexus Infrastructure	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MPL or NEXS?

22.7% of Mercantile Ports & Logistics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.3% of Nexus Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.6% of Mercantile Ports & Logistics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 40.0% of Nexus Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, MPL or NEXS?

Mercantile Ports & Logistics has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexus Infrastructure has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MPL or NEXS more profitable?

Nexus Infrastructure has a net margin of 66.30% compared to Mercantile Ports & Logistics' net margin of -149.97%. Mercantile Ports & Logistics' return on equity of -8.98% beat Nexus Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mercantile Ports & Logistics	-149.97%	-8.98%	-2.46%
Nexus Infrastructure	66.30%	-25.30%	-5.34%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MPL or NEXS?

Mercantile Ports & Logistics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nexus Infrastructure. Mercantile Ports & Logistics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nexus Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mercantile Ports & Logistics	£5.64M	1.14	-£8.46M	-£0.20	-9.00
Nexus Infrastructure	£88.69M	0.07	-£8.49M	£1.79	41.01

Summary

Nexus Infrastructure beats Mercantile Ports & Logistics on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.