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Ocean Wilsons (OCN) Competitors

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GBX 1,141.24 +6.24 (+0.55%)
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OCN vs. HRI, RSG, FOUR, CSN, LOOK, PAY, TRMR, HUR, ACRL, and TRU

Should you be buying Ocean Wilsons stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ocean Wilsons include Herald (HRI), Resolute Mining (RSG), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Chesnara (CSN), Lookers (LOOK), PayPoint (PAY), Tremor International (TRMR), Hurricane Energy (HUR), Accrol Group (ACRL), and TruFin (TRU). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Ocean Wilsons vs. Its Competitors

Herald (LON:HRI) and Ocean Wilsons (LON:OCN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Herald has higher revenue and earnings than Ocean Wilsons. Ocean Wilsons is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Herald, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Herald£34.06M35.94£175.20M£0.683,641.42
Ocean Wilsons£20.46M15.78£76.94M£2.03563.02

14.1% of Herald shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.1% of Ocean Wilsons shares are held by institutional investors. 14.8% of Herald shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.2% of Ocean Wilsons shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Herald has a net margin of 107.72% compared to Ocean Wilsons' net margin of 11.88%. Herald's return on equity of 14.78% beat Ocean Wilsons' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Herald107.72% 14.78% 9.22%
Ocean Wilsons 11.88%10.38%6.02%

In the previous week, Herald had 1 more articles in the media than Ocean Wilsons. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Herald and 2 mentions for Ocean Wilsons. Ocean Wilsons' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Herald's score of 0.31 indicating that Ocean Wilsons is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Herald
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ocean Wilsons
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Herald has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ocean Wilsons has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Herald beats Ocean Wilsons on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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OCN vs. The Competition

MetricOcean WilsonsMarine Shipping IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£322.86M£2.62B£7.90B£2.61B
Dividend Yield3.84%2.90%4.58%5.31%
P/E Ratio563.02162.26310.385,441.32
Price / Sales15.78205.18246.18262,627.73
Price / Cash0.985.1328.2527.90
Price / Book0.511.404.948.04
Net Income£76.94M£180.25M£796.44M£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.55%-0.32%1.89%4.29%
1 Month Performance-6.46%-0.14%5.28%7.06%
1 Year Performance-19.63%-6.31%30.22%137.80%

Ocean Wilsons Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,141.24
+0.5%
N/A-18.6%£322.86M£20.46M563.0274,200
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,450
-1.2%
N/A+20.3%£1.20B£34.06M3,582.926,600News Coverage
RSG
Resolute Mining
0.5987 of 5 stars
GBX 46
-0.9%
GBX 46
+40.5%£979.66M£906.98M7,931.0340,000News Coverage
FOUR
4imprint Group
2.7413 of 5 stars
GBX 3,100
+1.0%
GBX 4,320
+39.4%
-33.4%£870.57M£1.36B741.092,300
CSN
Chesnara
2.2497 of 5 stars
GBX 269
-0.9%
GBX 326.50
+21.4%
+4.4%£620.49M£847.40M-6,373.055,700News Coverage
LOOK
Lookers
N/AN/AN/AN/A£503.22M£4.48B811.2538
PAY
PayPoint
N/AGBX 644
-0.6%
N/A+11.9%£447.50M£310.71M2,448.671,260Dividend Increase
Gap Up
TRMR
Tremor International
N/AN/AN/AN/A£293.13M£343.77M-1,829.09167
HUR
Hurricane Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/A£155.02M£275.50M194.755,660High Trading Volume
ACRL
Accrol Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£124.36M£221.16M-3,900.00456
TRU
TruFin
N/AGBX 113.48
-0.5%
N/A+85.5%£115.84M£65.61M2,701.9012,200News Coverage

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This page (LON:OCN) was last updated on 10/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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