CKN vs. ICGC, OCN, GPH, FSJ, BMS, MPL, IMI, EZJ, HSV, and COB
Should you be buying Clarkson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clarkson include Irish Continental Group (ICGC), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Global Ports (GPH), James Fisher and Sons (FSJ), Braemar (BMS), Mercantile Ports & Logistics (MPL), IMI (IMI), easyJet (EZJ), HomeServe (HSV), and Cobham (COB). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Clarkson vs.
Irish Continental Group (LON:ICGC) and Clarkson (LON:CKN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Clarkson has a consensus price target of GBX 4,590, suggesting a potential upside of 17.54%. Given Clarkson's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Clarkson is more favorable than Irish Continental Group.
Clarkson has higher revenue and earnings than Irish Continental Group. Clarkson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Irish Continental Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Clarkson has a net margin of 13.10% compared to Irish Continental Group's net margin of 10.51%. Irish Continental Group's return on equity of 22.98% beat Clarkson's return on equity.
Clarkson received 154 more outperform votes than Irish Continental Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.30% of users gave Clarkson an outperform vote while only 70.59% of users gave Irish Continental Group an outperform vote.
Irish Continental Group has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clarkson has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
44.7% of Irish Continental Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Clarkson shares are held by institutional investors. 24.0% of Irish Continental Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Clarkson shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Irish Continental Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Clarkson'saverage media sentiment score.
Irish Continental Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Clarkson pays an annual dividend of GBX 104 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Irish Continental Group pays out 4,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Clarkson pays out 3,880.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Clarkson beats Irish Continental Group on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CKN) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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