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Gulf Marine Services (GMS) Competitors

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GBX 19.76 -0.14 (-0.70%)
As of 08/6/2025 11:58 AM Eastern

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. Its Competitors

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

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 11.84% 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%11.84%5.32%

In the previous week, Total Produce's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Gulf Marine Services'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Total Produce Neutral
Gulf Marine Services Neutral

Total Produce pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share. Gulf Marine Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Total Produce pays out 0.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gulf Marine Services pays out 69.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

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, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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£3.82B0.00N/A£8.80N/A
Gulf Marine Services£190.25M1.39£48.19M£2.866.90

Summary

Gulf Marine Services beats Total Produce on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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GMS vs. The Competition

MetricGulf Marine ServicesOil & Gas Equipment & Services IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£265.19M£369.67M£7.80B£3.07B
Dividend Yield6.86%19.75%10.95%5.02%
P/E Ratio6.909.7677.54167.82
Price / Sales1.39113.4823,926.49340,578.78
Price / Cash4.7026.6935.8527.97
Price / Book0.632.713.844.55
Net Income£48.19M£38.57M£4.26B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-4.08%-0.13%-0.42%0.54%
1 Month Performance0.51%0.38%1.24%4.30%
1 Year Performance12.59%20.51%11.82%58.40%

Gulf Marine Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GMS
Gulf Marine Services
N/AGBX 19.76
-0.7%
N/A+13.2%£265.19M£190.25M6.905,480
TOT
Total Produce
N/AN/AN/AN/A£641.85M£3.82B18.755,974
ARW
Arrow Global Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£544.66M£269.20M35.2922,300
SAG
Science Group
2.3699 of 5 stars
GBX 555.25
-2.2%
GBX 758
+36.5%
+30.5%£248.20M£108.81M41.92443
JPEI
JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Income
N/AN/AN/AN/A£106.91MN/A133.33N/A
SNX
Synectics
N/AGBX 301
+2.0%
N/A+82.4%£49.44M£52.08M16.7523,500
NAH
NAHL Group
N/AGBX 48.60
+5.7%
N/A+0.4%£23.10M£41.04M28.40140Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ASH
Ashley House plc (ASH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£729K£11.92M-0.243,900Gap Up
COR
70688 (COR.L)
N/AGBX 0.02
-5.9%
N/AN/A£0.00N/A0.0042,000Gap Down
RUS
Raven Russia
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00147,000
FERG
Ferguson
0.7134 of 5 stars
£169.10
-1.2%
N/A+7.2%£42.19B£36.90B25.1336,000Trending News

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This page (LON:GMS) was last updated on 8/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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