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James Fisher and Sons (FSJ) Competitors

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GBX 300 +1.00 (+0.33%)
(As of 11:52 AM ET)

FSJ vs. OCN, GPH, BMS, MPL, CKN, ICGC, SNR, AFM, JSG, and MNZS

Should you be buying James Fisher and Sons stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of James Fisher and Sons include Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Global Ports (GPH), Braemar (BMS), Mercantile Ports & Logistics (MPL), Clarkson (CKN), Irish Continental Group (ICGC), Senior (SNR), Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM), Johnson Service Group (JSG), and John Menzies (MNZS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

James Fisher and Sons vs.

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

Ocean Wilsons has a net margin of 11.88% compared to James Fisher and Sons' net margin of -11.51%. Ocean Wilsons' return on equity of 11.98% beat James Fisher and Sons' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ocean Wilsons11.88% 11.98% 6.02%
James Fisher and Sons -11.51%-28.24%2.84%

James Fisher and Sons has a consensus target price of GBX 375, suggesting a potential upside of 25.00%. Given James Fisher and Sons' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe James Fisher and Sons is more favorable than Ocean Wilsons.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ocean Wilsons
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
James Fisher and Sons
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Ocean Wilsons has higher revenue and earnings than James Fisher and Sons. James Fisher and Sons is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ocean Wilsons, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ocean Wilsons£519.35M0.83£61.71M£1.33921.05
James Fisher and Sons£465.70M0.32-£48.60M-£0.97-309.28

41.7% of Ocean Wilsons shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.9% of James Fisher and Sons shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of Ocean Wilsons shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.1% of James Fisher and Sons shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ocean Wilsons and James Fisher and Sons both received 181 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 76.69% of users gave Ocean Wilsons an outperform vote while only 58.39% of users gave James Fisher and Sons an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ocean WilsonsOutperform Votes
181
76.69%
Underperform Votes
55
23.31%
James Fisher and SonsOutperform Votes
181
58.39%
Underperform Votes
129
41.61%

Ocean Wilsons pays an annual dividend of GBX 67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. James Fisher and Sons pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Ocean Wilsons pays out 5,037.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. James Fisher and Sons pays out -1,649.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Ocean Wilsons has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James Fisher and Sons has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Ocean Wilsons had 1 more articles in the media than James Fisher and Sons. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ocean Wilsons and 1 mentions for James Fisher and Sons. Ocean Wilsons' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat James Fisher and Sons' score of 0.00 indicating that Ocean Wilsons is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ocean Wilsons
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
James Fisher and Sons
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Ocean Wilsons beats James Fisher and Sons on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FSJ vs. The Competition

MetricJames Fisher and SonsMarine Shipping IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£151.17M£3.16B£3.90B£1.39B
Dividend Yield1.57%6.23%4.41%11.73%
P/E Ratio-309.281,028.71526.111,547.95
Price / Sales0.3265.40412.76209,059.57
Price / Cash3.124.7627.7932.93
Price / Book1.051.403.572.80
Net Income-£48.60M£98.73M£179.69M£152.70M
7 Day Performance-3.85%0.41%-0.80%-0.50%
1 Month Performance-14.04%-2.80%-1.36%7.11%
1 Year Performance4.53%15.85%26.30%91.83%

James Fisher and Sons Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FSJ
James Fisher and Sons
0.6388 of 5 stars
GBX 300
+0.3%
GBX 375
+25.0%
+15.0%£151.17M£465.70M-309.282,041
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,230
+1.7%
N/A+6.6%£434.93M£519.35M913.5374,200News Coverage
GPH
Global Ports
N/AGBX 300
-4.5%
N/A+8.3%£231.21M£193.58M30,000.0020
BMS
Braemar
2.2946 of 5 stars
GBX 239
-2.8%
GBX 410
+71.5%
N/A£73.04M£152.75M1,853.85400Dividend Increase
News Coverage
MPL
Mercantile Ports & Logistics
N/AGBX 1.20
-11.1%
N/A-46.0%£4.28M£3.83M-12.7544Gap Down
CKN
Clarkson
1.5906 of 5 stars
GBX 3,600
+1.3%
GBX 4,590
+27.5%
+25.6%£1.10B£628.40M1,337.692,024High Trading Volume
ICGC
Irish Continental Group
N/AGBX 459.51
+1.0%
N/AN/A£756.26M£593.50M1,516.67288
SNR
Senior
1.9797 of 5 stars
GBX 143.40
-1.0%
GBX 191.50
+33.5%
-11.7%£591.75M£982.60M2,057.146,679Gap Up
AFM
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting
N/AGBX 504
-0.1%
GBX 442.50
-12.2%
+44.0%£591.19M£233.62M3,876.921,051
JSG
Johnson Service Group
1.9153 of 5 stars
GBX 140.60
+2.2%
GBX 185
+31.6%
+1.2%£582.79M£494.40M1,965.716,165
MNZS
John Menzies
N/AGBX 607
flat
N/AN/A£558.16M£1.35B4,335.7127,534

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This page (LON:FSJ) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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