Ocean Wilsons (OCN) Competitors

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

Is FOUR or OCN a better dividend stock?

4imprint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 180 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Ocean Wilsons pays an annual dividend of GBX 67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. 4imprint Group pays out 57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ocean Wilsons pays out 47.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is FOUR or OCN 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 78.95% beat Ocean Wilsons' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
4imprint Group	8.20%	78.95%	35.62%
Ocean Wilsons	11.88%	10.38%	6.02%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FOUR or OCN?

83.3% of 4imprint Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of Ocean Wilsons shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of 4imprint Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Ocean Wilsons shares are owned by 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, FOUR or OCN?

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FOUR or OCN?

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
4imprint Group	£1.71B	0.75	£139.98M	£314.05	11.53
Ocean Wilsons	£647.52M	1.02	£76.94M	£139.96	10.72

Does the media prefer FOUR or OCN?

In the previous week, 4imprint Group and 4imprint Group both had 2 articles in the media. Ocean Wilsons' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat 4imprint Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Ocean Wilsons is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
4imprint Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ocean Wilsons	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate FOUR or OCN?

4imprint Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 7,365, indicating a potential upside of 103.45%. Given 4imprint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe 4imprint Group is more favorable than Ocean Wilsons.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
4imprint Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ocean Wilsons	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

4imprint Group beats Ocean Wilsons on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.