Global Ports (GPH) Competitors

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

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

3.0% of Global Ports shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of Ocean Wilsons shares are owned by institutional investors. 71.0% of Global Ports shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Ocean Wilsons shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GPH or OCN?

Ocean Wilsons received 21 more outperform votes than Global Ports when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.69% of users gave Ocean Wilsons an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Global Ports an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Global Ports	Outperform Votes 160 62.50%	Underperform Votes 96 37.50%
Ocean Wilsons	Outperform Votes 181 76.69%	Underperform Votes 55 23.31%

Which has more risk and volatility, GPH or OCN?

Global Ports has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ocean Wilsons has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to GPH or OCN?

In the previous week, Global Ports had 4 more articles in the media than Ocean Wilsons. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Global Ports and 0 mentions for Ocean Wilsons. Ocean Wilsons' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Global Ports' score of 0.09 indicating that Ocean Wilsons is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Global Ports	Neutral
Ocean Wilsons	Positive

Do analysts rate GPH or OCN?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Ports	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Ocean Wilsons	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is GPH or OCN a better dividend stock?

Global Ports pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.0%. Ocean Wilsons pays an annual dividend of GBX 67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Global Ports pays out -14,800.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ocean Wilsons pays out 4,496.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Global Ports is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is GPH or OCN more profitable?

Ocean Wilsons has a net margin of 13.78% compared to Global Ports' net margin of -11.28%. Ocean Wilsons' return on equity of 13.13% beat Global Ports' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Ports	-11.28%	-43.97%	2.99%
Ocean Wilsons	13.78%	13.13%	5.29%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GPH or OCN?

Ocean Wilsons has higher revenue and earnings than Global Ports. Global Ports is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ocean Wilsons, 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
Global Ports	£200.82M	0.88	-£19.81M	-£0.25	-924.00
Ocean Wilsons	£486.65M	0.95	£67.05M	£1.49	879.19

Summary

Ocean Wilsons beats Global Ports on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.