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Gulf Marine Services (GMS) Competitors

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GBX 16.80 0.00 (0.00%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

GMS vs. TOT, ARW, SAG, JPEI, SNX, NAH, ASH, COR, RUS, and FERG

Should you be buying Gulf Marine Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gulf Marine Services include Total Produce (TOT), Arrow Global Group (ARW), Science Group (SAG), JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Income (JPEI), Synectics (SNX), NAHL Group (NAH), Ashley House plc (ASH.L) (ASH), 70688 (COR.L) (COR), Raven Russia (RUS), and Ferguson (FERG). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

Gulf Marine Services vs.

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

Gulf Marine Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Total Produce£3.82B0.17N/A£8.8018.75
Gulf Marine Services£158.04M1.14£40.03M£0.03560.00

6.2% of Gulf Marine Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.6% of Gulf Marine Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Gulf Marine Services had 1 more articles in the media than Total Produce. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Gulf Marine Services and 0 mentions for Total Produce. Gulf Marine Services' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Total Produce's score of 0.00 indicating that Gulf Marine Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Total Produce Neutral
Gulf Marine Services Positive

Total Produce pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Gulf Marine Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. Total Produce pays out 0.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Gulf Marine Services has a net margin of 25.33% compared to Total Produce's net margin of 0.00%. Gulf Marine Services' return on equity of 12.56% beat Total Produce's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Total ProduceN/A N/A N/A
Gulf Marine Services 25.33%12.56%5.32%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Total ProduceOutperform Votes
71
58.68%
Underperform Votes
50
41.32%
Gulf Marine ServicesOutperform Votes
304
76.19%
Underperform Votes
95
23.81%

Summary

Gulf Marine Services beats Total Produce on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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GMS vs. The Competition

MetricGulf Marine ServicesOil & Gas Equipment & Services IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£179.76M£361.41M£3.45B£1.60B
Dividend Yield6.86%5.44%7.18%11.57%
P/E Ratio560.0060.05110.851,629.31
Price / Sales1.14183.3415,567.72248,106.54
Price / Cash4.7025.2970.3132.80
Price / Book0.511.721.582.88
Net Income£40.03M£19.43M£381.17M£172.51M
7 Day Performance-4.00%1.37%2.98%-0.02%
1 Month Performance-7.95%5.76%2.50%-0.43%
1 Year Performance36.31%26.79%22.91%24.84%

Gulf Marine Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GMS
Gulf Marine Services
N/AGBX 16.80
flat
N/A+33.9%£179.76M£158.04M560.005,480
TOT
Total Produce
N/AGBX 165
flat
N/AN/A£641.85M£3.82B18.755,974
ARW
Arrow Global Group
N/AGBX 307
flat
N/AN/A£544.66M£269.20M35.2922,300
SAG
Science Group
N/AGBX 466
+0.4%
N/A+19.7%£209.98M£110.93M3,596.15443
JPEI
JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Income
N/AN/AN/AN/A£106.91MN/A133.33N/A
SNX
Synectics
N/AGBX 312.80
-0.1%
N/A+205.4%£55.65M£53.55M1,709.7223,500
NAH
NAHL Group
N/AGBX 67.88
-0.9%
N/A+8.6%£32.25M£40.64M3,393.75140
ASH
Ashley House plc (ASH.L)
N/AGBX 1.20
+9.1%
N/A+0.0%£729,000.00£11.92M-0.243,900Gap Up
COR
70688 (COR.L)
N/AGBX 0.03
flat
N/AN/A£0.00N/A0.0042,000Gap Down
RUS
Raven Russia
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00147,000
FERG
Ferguson
0.137 of 5 stars
£166.05
+1.9%
N/A+24.4%£33.32B£29.64B2,480.9736,000

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This page (LON:GMS) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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