FSJ vs. OCN, GPH, BMS, MPL, CKN, ICGC, GOG, NEX, EQN, and KIE
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), The Go-Ahead Group (GOG), National Express Group (NEX), Equiniti Group (EQN), and Kier Group (KIE). 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 profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
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.
Ocean Wilsons pays an annual dividend of GBX 67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. James Fisher and Sons pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. 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 has a consensus price target of GBX 375, indicating a potential upside of 9.33%. Given James Fisher and Sons' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe James Fisher and Sons is more favorable than Ocean Wilsons.
In the previous week, Ocean Wilsons and Ocean Wilsons both had 1 articles in the media. James Fisher and Sons' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Ocean Wilsons' score of 0.00 indicating that James Fisher and Sons is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ocean Wilsons has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James Fisher and Sons has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Ocean Wilsons beats James Fisher and Sons on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:FSJ) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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