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Marks Electrical Group (MRK) Competitors

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GBX 50 +0.50 (+1.01%)
As of 10/24/2025 11:46 AM Eastern

MRK vs. IGC, ARTL, PHAR, AURA, ORPH, AMPH, ANW, KOD, PHE, and OKYO

Should you be buying Marks Electrical Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marks Electrical Group include India Capital Growth (IGC), Alpha Real Trust (ARTL), Pharos Energy (PHAR), Aura Energy (AURA), Open Orphan (ORPH), Aggregated Micro Power (AMPH), Aberdeen New Thai Investment Trust (ANW), Kodal Minerals (KOD), PowerHouse Energy Group (PHE), and OKYO Pharma (OKYO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Marks Electrical Group vs. Its Competitors

Marks Electrical Group (LON:MRK) and India Capital Growth (LON:IGC) are both small-cap pharmaceutical products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk and profitability.

In the previous week, India Capital Growth's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Marks Electrical Group's score of 0.75 indicating that India Capital Growth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Marks Electrical Group Positive
India Capital Growth Very Positive

India Capital Growth has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Marks Electrical Group. Marks Electrical Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than India Capital Growth, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Marks Electrical Group£117.18M0.44£426.93K-£1.38-36.23
India Capital Growth-£6.98M-21.61£43.14M-£9.96-17.77

10.1% of Marks Electrical Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of India Capital Growth shares are held by institutional investors. 75.2% of Marks Electrical Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of India Capital Growth shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Marks Electrical Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 51, suggesting a potential upside of 2.00%. Given Marks Electrical Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Marks Electrical Group is more favorable than India Capital Growth.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Marks Electrical Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
India Capital Growth
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

India Capital Growth has a net margin of 93.35% compared to Marks Electrical Group's net margin of 0.37%. India Capital Growth's return on equity of 25.12% beat Marks Electrical Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Marks Electrical Group0.37% 3.05% 0.91%
India Capital Growth 93.35%25.12%15.98%

Marks Electrical Group has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, India Capital Growth has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Marks Electrical Group beats India Capital Growth on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MRK vs. The Competition

MetricMarks Electrical GroupSpecialty Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£52.13M£4.25B£3.91B£2.66B
Dividend Yield1.88%4.06%3.54%5.35%
P/E Ratio-36.2319.7277.85400.09
Price / Sales0.4432.48230.7298,316.31
Price / Cash10.9614.9331.1127.90
Price / Book3.8311.993.647.26
Net Income£426.93K£132.07M£264.31M£5.88B
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.46%12.41%1.07%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-0.15%9.09%1.72%
1 Year Performance-13.04%182.44%45.27%111.52%

Marks Electrical Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRK
Marks Electrical Group
0.9795 of 5 stars
GBX 50
+1.0%
GBX 51
+2.0%
-12.6%£52.13M£117.18M-36.23200Gap Down
IGC
India Capital Growth
N/AGBX 176.10
+1.5%
N/A-3.6%£150.14M-£6.98M-17.6861Positive News
ARTL
Alpha Real Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£113.12M£8.46M96.445Gap Up
High Trading Volume
PHAR
Pharos Energy
N/AGBX 20.40
-2.4%
N/A-2.5%£84.16M£136.60M20.40280Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
AURA
Aura Energy
N/AGBX 8.80
-2.2%
N/A-4.5%£80.85MN/A-5.0950Gap Up
ORPH
Open Orphan
N/AN/AN/AN/A£67.09M£34.71M-25.30179
AMPH
Aggregated Micro Power
N/AN/AN/AN/A£64.54M£49.33M70.771,620Gap Up
ANW
Aberdeen New Thai Investment Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£63.63M£2.08M120.615
KOD
Kodal Minerals
1.0429 of 5 stars
GBX 0.30
-0.7%
GBX 1
+235.6%
-27.7%£60.44MN/A-5.4790News Coverage
PHE
PowerHouse Energy Group
N/AGBX 0.53
+1.0%
N/A-50.8%£23.70M£588.58K-4.424News Coverage
OKYO
OKYO Pharma
N/AN/AN/AN/A£23.24MN/A-140.007Gap Down

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This page (LON:MRK) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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