ICGC vs. CKN, OCN, GPH, FSJ, BMS, MPL, IDS, BAB, SIG, and EZJ
Should you be buying Irish Continental Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Irish Continental Group include Clarkson (CKN), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Global Ports (GPH), James Fisher and Sons (FSJ), Braemar (BMS), Mercantile Ports & Logistics (MPL), International Distributions Services (IDS), Babcock International Group (BAB), Signature Aviation (SIG), and easyJet (EZJ). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Irish Continental Group vs.
Clarkson (LON:CKN) and Irish Continental Group (LON:ICGC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.
Clarkson has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Irish Continental Group has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Clarkson pays an annual dividend of GBX 104 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Irish Continental Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share. Clarkson pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Irish Continental Group pays out 41.9% 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. Clarkson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Clarkson currently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,562.50, suggesting a potential upside of 41.45%. Given Clarkson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Clarkson is more favorable than Irish Continental Group.
Clarkson has a net margin of 13.10% compared to Irish Continental Group's net margin of 10.51%. Irish Continental Group's return on equity of 22.21% beat Clarkson's return on equity.
In the previous week, Irish Continental Group had 1 more articles in the media than Clarkson. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Irish Continental Group and 0 mentions for Clarkson. Irish Continental Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Clarkson's score of 0.00 indicating that Irish Continental Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
53.9% of Clarkson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Irish Continental Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.8% of Clarkson shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of Irish Continental Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Clarkson received 157 more outperform votes than Irish Continental Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.51% of users gave Clarkson an outperform vote while only 70.59% of users gave Irish Continental Group an outperform vote.
Clarkson has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Irish Continental Group. Irish Continental Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clarkson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Clarkson beats Irish Continental Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ICGC) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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