Marks Electrical Group (MRK) Competitors

Global Ports (LON:GPH) and Marks Electrical Group (LON:MRK) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is GPH or MRK a better dividend stock?

Global Ports pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share. Marks Electrical Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Global Ports pays out 370,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Marks Electrical Group pays out 245.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Marks Electrical Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GPH or MRK?

Global Ports received 142 more outperform votes than Marks Electrical Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.26% of users gave Marks Electrical Group an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Global Ports an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Global Ports	Outperform Votes 160 62.50%	Underperform Votes 96 37.50%
Marks Electrical Group	Outperform Votes 18 78.26%	Underperform Votes 5 21.74%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GPH or MRK?

Marks Electrical Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Global Ports. Global Ports is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marks Electrical Group, 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
Global Ports	£193.58M	0.00	-£19.81M	£0.01	N/A
Marks Electrical Group	£114.24M	0.54	£426.93K	£0.41	143.58

Is GPH or MRK more profitable?

Global Ports has a net margin of 0.46% compared to Marks Electrical Group's net margin of 0.37%. Global Ports' return on equity of 34.36% beat Marks Electrical Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Ports	0.46%	34.36%	3.88%
Marks Electrical Group	0.37%	3.05%	0.91%

Which has more volatility & risk, GPH or MRK?

Global Ports has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marks Electrical Group has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor GPH or MRK?

In the previous week, Global Ports had 2 more articles in the media than Marks Electrical Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Global Ports and 0 mentions for Marks Electrical Group. Global Ports' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Marks Electrical Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Global Ports	Neutral
Marks Electrical Group	Neutral

Do analysts rate GPH or MRK?

Marks Electrical Group has a consensus target price of GBX 73, suggesting a potential upside of 24.98%. Given Marks Electrical Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Marks Electrical Group is more favorable than Global Ports.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Ports	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Marks Electrical Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe in GPH or MRK?

9.3% of Global Ports shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.2% of Marks Electrical Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 78.0% of Global Ports shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 79.3% of Marks Electrical Group shares are owned 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

Marks Electrical Group beats Global Ports on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.