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.
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.
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.
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.
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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:MRK) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
