Marks Electrical Group (MRK) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of 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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate GPH or MRK?

Marks Electrical Group has a consensus target price of GBX 73, indicating a potential upside of 19.67%. Given Marks Electrical Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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

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 1.6%. 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.

Which has higher 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	0.56	£426.93K	£0.41	149.95

Does the media favor GPH or MRK?

In the previous week, Global Ports' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Marks Electrical Group's score of -0.64 indicating that Global Ports is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Global Ports	Neutral
Marks Electrical Group	Negative

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 risk & volatility, GPH or MRK?

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

Summary

Marks Electrical Group beats Global Ports on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.