Braemar (BMS) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GPH or BMS?

Braemar received 44 more outperform votes than Global Ports when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.33% of users gave Braemar 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%
Braemar	Outperform Votes 204 71.33%	Underperform Votes 82 28.67%

Is GPH or BMS a better dividend stock?

Global Ports pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. Braemar pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Global Ports pays out 370,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Braemar pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media favor GPH or BMS?

In the previous week, Global Ports had 1 more articles in the media than Braemar. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Global Ports and 0 mentions for Braemar. Braemar's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Global Ports' score of 0.56 indicating that Braemar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Global Ports	Positive
Braemar	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GPH or BMS?

9.3% of Global Ports shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.7% of Braemar shares are held by institutional investors. 78.0% of Global Ports shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.8% of Braemar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GPH or BMS?

Braemar has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Global Ports. Braemar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Ports, 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	£193.58M	1.19	-£19.81M	£0.01	30,000.00
Braemar	£152.75M	0.50	£4.62M	£0.13	1,915.38

Which has more volatility & risk, GPH or BMS?

Global Ports has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Braemar has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate GPH or BMS?

Braemar has a consensus target price of GBX 410, indicating a potential upside of 64.66%. Given Braemar's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Braemar is more favorable than Global Ports.

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
Braemar	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is GPH or BMS more profitable?

Braemar has a net margin of 3.03% compared to Global Ports' net margin of 0.46%. Global Ports' return on equity of 34.36% beat Braemar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Ports	0.46%	34.36%	3.88%
Braemar	3.03%	5.92%	7.09%

Summary

Braemar beats Global Ports on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.