MPL vs. CKN, ICGC, OCN, GPH, FSJ, BMS, MIND, FA, ROL, and INCE
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), Mind Gym (MIND), FireAngel Safety Technology Group (FA), Rotala (ROL), and The Ince Group (INCE). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
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 companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.
Clarkson has a net margin of 13.10% compared to Mercantile Ports & Logistics' net margin of 0.00%. Clarkson's return on equity of 19.09% beat Mercantile Ports & Logistics' return on equity.
Clarkson currently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,590, indicating a potential upside of 27.50%. Given Clarkson's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Clarkson is more favorable than Mercantile Ports & Logistics.
Clarkson has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercantile Ports & Logistics has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Clarkson received 149 more outperform votes than Mercantile Ports & Logistics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.30% 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 and Clarkson both had 1 articles in the media. Clarkson's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Mercantile Ports & Logistics' score of 0.00 indicating that Clarkson is being referred to more favorably in the media.
53.8% of Clarkson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of Mercantile Ports & Logistics shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Clarkson shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.6% 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 company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
Clarkson beats Mercantile Ports & Logistics on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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