Gulf Marine Services (GMS) Competitors

Gulf Marine Services (LON:GMS) and Total Produce (LON:TOT) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

Is GMS or TOT more profitable?

Gulf Marine Services has a net margin of 27.27% compared to Total Produce's net margin of 0.00%. Gulf Marine Services' return on equity of 13.62% beat Total Produce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gulf Marine Services	27.27%	13.62%	5.16%
Total Produce	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is GMS or TOT a better dividend stock?

Gulf Marine Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.5%. Total Produce pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Gulf Marine Services pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Total Produce pays out 0.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GMS or TOT?

Gulf Marine Services received 233 more outperform votes than Total Produce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.19% of users gave Gulf Marine Services an outperform vote while only 58.68% of users gave Total Produce an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gulf Marine Services	Outperform Votes 304 76.19%	Underperform Votes 95 23.81%
Total Produce	Outperform Votes 71 58.68%	Underperform Votes 50 41.32%

Do analysts rate GMS or TOT?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gulf Marine Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Total Produce	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in GMS or TOT?

6.1% of Gulf Marine Services shares are held by institutional investors. 56.8% of Gulf Marine Services shares are held 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GMS or TOT?

Gulf Marine Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Total Produce. Total Produce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gulf Marine Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gulf Marine Services	£151.60M	1.13	£41.34M	£0.03	531.67
Total Produce	£3.82B	0.17	N/A	£8.80	18.75

Does the media favor GMS or TOT?

In the previous week, Total Produce had 8 more articles in the media than Gulf Marine Services. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Total Produce and 2 mentions for Gulf Marine Services. Gulf Marine Services' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Total Produce's score of -0.03 indicating that Gulf Marine Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gulf Marine Services	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Total Produce	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Gulf Marine Services beats Total Produce on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.