Marks Electrical Group (MRK) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate MRK or GPH?

Marks Electrical Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 73, indicating a potential upside of 16.80%. Given Marks Electrical Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Marks Electrical Group is more favorable than Global Ports.

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
Global Ports	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MRK or GPH?

11.2% of Marks Electrical Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of Global Ports shares are owned by institutional investors. 79.3% of Marks Electrical Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 78.0% of Global Ports shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, MRK or GPH?

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

Is MRK or GPH a better dividend stock?

Marks Electrical Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Global Ports pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share. 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. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MRK or GPH?

Marks Electrical Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Marks Electrical Group	£114.24M	0.57	£426.93K	£0.41	153.64
Global Ports	£193.58M	0.00	-£19.81M	£0.01	N/A

Is MRK or GPH 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
Marks Electrical Group	0.37%	3.05%	0.91%
Global Ports	0.46%	34.36%	3.88%

Does the media favor MRK or GPH?

In the previous week, Marks Electrical Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Global Ports' score of 0.00 indicating that Marks Electrical Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Marks Electrical Group	Positive
Global Ports	Neutral

Summary

Marks Electrical Group beats Global Ports on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.