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Ocean Wilsons (OCN) Competitors

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GBX 1,215 -10.00 (-0.82%)
As of 09/5/2025 12:39 PM Eastern

OCN vs. HRI, FOUR, RSG, 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), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Resolute Mining (RSG), 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

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

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

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
Ocean Wilsons£20.46M16.80£76.94M£2.03599.41
Herald£34.06M33.99£175.20M£0.683,443.99

In the previous week, Ocean Wilsons' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Herald's score of -1.23 indicating that Ocean Wilsons is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ocean Wilsons Positive
Herald Negative

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
Ocean Wilsons11.88% 10.38% 6.02%
Herald 107.72%14.78%9.22%

12.1% of Ocean Wilsons shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Herald shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.2% of Ocean Wilsons shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of Herald shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Herald beats Ocean Wilsons on 8 of the 12 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£343.73M£2.65B£7.77B£2.60B
Dividend Yield3.54%2.88%4.55%5.31%
P/E Ratio599.41160.74313.535,361.54
Price / Sales16.80217.50216.9795,898.15
Price / Cash0.985.1327.8227.93
Price / Book0.541.404.487.02
Net Income£76.94M£180.25M£798.53M£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.41%-0.69%0.38%0.63%
1 Month Performance9.95%-0.51%1.15%55.19%
1 Year Performance-10.00%-2.84%27.26%182.01%

Ocean Wilsons Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,215
-0.8%
N/A-10.0%£343.73M£20.46M599.4174,200High Trading Volume
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,330
+0.2%
N/A+16.0%£1.16B£34.06M3,407.436,600
FOUR
4imprint Group
3.3647 of 5 stars
GBX 3,405
+1.2%
GBX 4,320
+26.9%
-32.7%£956.23M£1.36B819.892,300Gap Up
RSG
Resolute Mining
1.8138 of 5 stars
GBX 33.10
-1.9%
GBX 46
+39.0%
+1.8%£704.72M£906.98M-2,488.7240,000Positive News
Gap Down
CSN
Chesnara
2.2811 of 5 stars
GBX 266.50
-3.8%
GBX 326.50
+22.5%
+4.7%£614.72M£847.40M12,176.735,700
LOOK
Lookers
N/AN/AN/AN/A£503.22M£4.48B811.2538News Coverage
PAY
PayPoint
N/AGBX 692
+0.3%
N/A+4.7%£483.36M£310.71M2,631.181,260Dividend Increase
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 109
+0.9%
N/A+141.0%£112.93M£54.95M2,595.2412,200

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This page (LON:OCN) was last updated on 9/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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