FSJ vs. OCN, GPH, BMS, MPL, CKN, ICGC, AFM, KIE, GDWN, 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), Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM), Kier Group (KIE), Goodwin (GDWN), 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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
James Fisher and Sons has a consensus target price of GBX 375, indicating a potential upside of 21.75%. 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.
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.
Ocean Wilsons pays an annual dividend of GBX 67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. James Fisher and Sons pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. 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. James Fisher and Sons is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, James Fisher and Sons had 1 more articles in the media than Ocean Wilsons. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for James Fisher and Sons and 1 mentions for Ocean Wilsons. Ocean Wilsons' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat James Fisher and Sons' score of 0.30 indicating that Ocean Wilsons is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 34.1% of James Fisher and Sons shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
James Fisher and Sons received 2 more outperform votes than Ocean Wilsons when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.69% of users gave Ocean Wilsons an outperform vote while only 58.65% of users gave James Fisher and Sons an outperform vote.
Ocean Wilsons has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James Fisher and Sons has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ocean Wilsons beats James Fisher and Sons on 11 of the 20 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:FSJ) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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