MPL vs. CKN, ICGC, OCN, GPH, FSJ, BMS, DSW, HARL, GYG, and DRV
Should you be buying Mercantile Ports & Logistics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercantile Ports & Logistics include Clarkson (CKN), Irish Continental Group (ICGC), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Global Ports (GPH), James Fisher and Sons (FSJ), Braemar (BMS), DSW Capital (DSW), Harland & Wolff Group (HARL), GYG (GYG), and Driver Group (DRV). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Mercantile Ports & Logistics vs.
Mercantile Ports & Logistics (LON:MPL) and Clarkson (LON:CKN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.
Clarkson has a net margin of 13.10% compared to Mercantile Ports & Logistics' net margin of 0.00%. Clarkson's return on equity of 17.96% beat Mercantile Ports & Logistics' return on equity.
Clarkson has higher revenue and earnings than Mercantile Ports & Logistics.
Mercantile Ports & Logistics has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clarkson has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Clarkson has a consensus target price of GBX 4,562.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.97%. Given Clarkson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Clarkson is more favorable than Mercantile Ports & Logistics.
27.4% of Mercantile Ports & Logistics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Clarkson shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.2% of Mercantile Ports & Logistics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Clarkson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Mercantile Ports & Logistics had 1 more articles in the media than Clarkson. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Mercantile Ports & Logistics and 0 mentions for Clarkson. Mercantile Ports & Logistics' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Clarkson'saverage media sentiment score.
Clarkson received 152 more outperform votes than Mercantile Ports & Logistics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.51% of users gave Clarkson an outperform vote while only 70.64% of users gave Mercantile Ports & Logistics an outperform vote.
Summary
Clarkson beats Mercantile Ports & Logistics on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MPL) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
