MRK vs. GPH, IGC, AURA, ARTL, PHAR, ORPH, KOD, AMPH, ANW, and CYAN
Should you be buying Marks Electrical Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marks Electrical Group include Global Ports (GPH), India Capital Growth (IGC), Aura Energy (AURA), Alpha Real Trust (ARTL), Pharos Energy (PHAR), Open Orphan (ORPH), Kodal Minerals (KOD), Aggregated Micro Power (AMPH), Aberdeen New Thai Investment Trust (ANW), and CyanConnode (CYAN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Marks Electrical Group vs. Its 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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Marks Electrical Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. 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.
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.
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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Marks Electrical Group has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Ports has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Global Ports had 1 more articles in the media than Marks Electrical Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Global Ports and 0 mentions for Marks Electrical Group. Marks Electrical Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Global Ports'average media sentiment score.
Marks Electrical Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 73, indicating a potential upside of 21.67%. Given Marks Electrical Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Marks Electrical Group is more favorable than Global Ports.
Summary
Marks Electrical Group beats Global Ports on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:MRK) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff