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Clarkson (CKN) Competitors

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GBX 3,600
+85.00 (+2.42%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

CKN vs. ICGC, OCN, GPH, FSJ, BMS, MPL, HSV, COB, EZJ, and RS1

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), HomeServe (HSV), Cobham (COB), easyJet (EZJ), and RS Group (RS1). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Clarkson vs.

Clarkson (LON:CKN) and Irish Continental Group (LON:ICGC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.

53.9% of Clarkson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Irish Continental Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.8% of Clarkson shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of Irish Continental Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Clarkson pays an annual dividend of GBX 104 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Irish Continental Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. 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. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ClarksonOutperform Votes
226
79.30%
Underperform Votes
59
20.70%
Irish Continental GroupOutperform Votes
72
70.59%
Underperform Votes
30
29.41%

Clarkson has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Irish Continental Group has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Clarkson£628.40M1.76£82.30M£2.681,343.28
Irish Continental Group£593.50M1.26£62.40M£0.301,516.67

In the previous week, Clarkson's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Irish Continental Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Clarkson Neutral
Irish Continental Group Neutral

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Clarkson13.10% 19.09% 7.79%
Irish Continental Group 10.51%22.98%6.96%

Clarkson currently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,590, suggesting a potential upside of 27.50%. Given Clarkson's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Clarkson is more favorable than Irish Continental Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Clarkson
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Irish Continental Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Summary

Clarkson beats Irish Continental Group on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CKN vs. The Competition

MetricClarksonMarine Shipping IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.10B£3.21B£3.86B£1.54B
Dividend Yield2.84%6.23%4.43%11.42%
P/E Ratio1,343.281,034.55526.901,687.53
Price / Sales1.7666.90419.47223,574.70
Price / Cash3.634.7626.4735.45
Price / Book2.391.423.602.85
Net Income£82.30M£98.73M£184.04M£143.44M
7 Day Performance3.90%-1.04%0.08%0.11%
1 Month Performance-2.04%-2.21%0.00%-0.15%
1 Year Performance30.67%17.37%29.28%14.81%

Clarkson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CKN
Clarkson
N/AGBX 3,600
+2.4%
GBX 4,590
+27.5%
+35.0%£1.10B£628.40M1,343.282,024
ICGC
Irish Continental Group
N/AGBX 455
-4.4%
N/A+19.1%£748.84M£593.50M1,516.67288Gap Down
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,355
-1.1%
N/A+46.1%£479.13M£519.35M1,018.8074,200
GPH
Global Ports
N/AGBX 300
-4.5%
N/A+34.2%£231.21M£193.58M30,000.0020
FSJ
James Fisher and Sons
0.3705 of 5 stars
GBX 340
-1.0%
GBX 375
+10.3%
+13.5%£171.33M£465.70M-350.522,041High Trading Volume
BMS
Braemar
3.5921 of 5 stars
GBX 243
-2.8%
GBX 410
+68.7%
N/A£74.26M£152.75M1,869.23400Dividend Increase
Positive News
MPL
Mercantile Ports & Logistics
N/AGBX 1.40
+9.8%
N/A-58.0%£4.99M£3.83M-12.7544News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
HSV
HomeServe
N/AGBX 1,198
flat
N/A+0.0%£4.05B£1.53B2,995.007,400
COB
Cobham
N/AGBX 164.50
flat
N/A+0.0%£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
EZJ
easyJet
2.9035 of 5 stars
GBX 515.80
+1.0%
GBX 641.67
+24.4%
+40.8%£3.88B£8.75B1,052.6516,697Dividend Cut
RS1
RS Group
1.265 of 5 stars
GBX 712.50
+0.2%
GBX 841.67
+18.1%
+3.7%£3.38B£2.94B1,826.926,500

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This page (LON:CKN) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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