CKN vs. ICGC, OCN, GPH, FSJ, BMS, MPL, HSV, COB, EZJ, and IDS
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 International Distributions Services (IDS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Clarkson vs. Its Competitors
Clarkson (LON:CKN) and Irish Continental Group (LON:ICGC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
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 22.21% beat Clarkson's return on equity.
Clarkson has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Irish Continental Group has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Clarkson presently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,250, suggesting a potential upside of 24.45%. Given Clarkson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Clarkson is more favorable than Irish Continental Group.
In the previous week, Clarkson's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Irish Continental Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Clarkson pays an annual dividend of GBX 104 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Irish Continental Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Clarkson pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Irish Continental Group pays out 41.9% 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. Clarkson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
53.9% of Clarkson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Irish Continental Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Clarkson shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of Irish Continental Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Clarkson beats Irish Continental Group on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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This page (LON:CKN) was last updated on 8/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
