Ocean Wilsons (OCN) Competitors

Ocean Wilsons (LON:OCN) and 4imprint Group (LON:FOUR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Is OCN or FOUR a better dividend stock?

Ocean Wilsons pays an annual dividend of GBX 67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. 4imprint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 180 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Ocean Wilsons pays out 5,037.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 4imprint Group pays out 7,758.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ocean Wilsons is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, OCN or FOUR?

4imprint Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ocean Wilsons. Ocean Wilsons is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 4imprint 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
Ocean Wilsons	£519.35M	0.98	£61.71M	£1.33	1,086.47
4imprint Group	£1.36B	1.06	£111.40M	£2.32	2,198.28

Do analysts prefer OCN or FOUR?

4imprint Group has a consensus price target of GBX 7,365, indicating a potential upside of 44.41%. Given 4imprint Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe 4imprint Group is more favorable than Ocean Wilsons.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ocean Wilsons	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
4imprint Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is OCN or FOUR more profitable?

Ocean Wilsons has a net margin of 11.88% compared to 4imprint Group's net margin of 8.20%. 4imprint Group's return on equity of 92.73% beat Ocean Wilsons' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ocean Wilsons	11.88%	11.98%	6.02%
4imprint Group	8.20%	92.73%	35.62%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OCN or FOUR?

4imprint Group received 136 more outperform votes than Ocean Wilsons when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.69% of users gave Ocean Wilsons an outperform vote while only 72.71% of users gave 4imprint Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ocean Wilsons	Outperform Votes 181 76.69%	Underperform Votes 55 23.31%
4imprint Group	Outperform Votes 317 72.71%	Underperform Votes 119 27.29%

Does the media prefer OCN or FOUR?

In the previous week, 4imprint Group had 1 more articles in the media than Ocean Wilsons. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for 4imprint Group and 0 mentions for Ocean Wilsons. 4imprint Group's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Ocean Wilsons' score of 0.00 indicating that 4imprint Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ocean Wilsons	Neutral
4imprint Group	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, OCN or FOUR?

Ocean Wilsons has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 4imprint Group has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of OCN or FOUR?

41.7% of Ocean Wilsons shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of 4imprint Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of Ocean Wilsons shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of 4imprint Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

4imprint Group beats Ocean Wilsons on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.