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Mercantile Ports & Logistics (MPL) Competitors

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GBX 1.20 +0.02 (+1.96%)
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MPL vs. CKN, ICGC, OCN, GPH, FSJ, BMS, REAT, TPG, EAAS, and VEL

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), REACT Group (REAT), TP Group (TPG), eEnergy Group (EAAS), and Velocity Composites (VEL). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Clarkson received 150 more outperform votes than Mercantile Ports & Logistics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.37% of users gave Clarkson an outperform vote while only 70.64% of users gave Mercantile Ports & Logistics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Mercantile Ports & LogisticsOutperform Votes
77
70.64%
Underperform Votes
32
29.36%
ClarksonOutperform Votes
227
79.37%
Underperform Votes
59
20.63%

Clarkson has a consensus price target of GBX 4,567.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.09%. Given Clarkson's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Clarkson is more favorable than Mercantile Ports & Logistics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mercantile Ports & Logistics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Clarkson
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Clarkson has a net margin of 13.10% compared to Mercantile Ports & Logistics' net margin of 0.00%. Clarkson's return on equity of 19.09% beat Mercantile Ports & Logistics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mercantile Ports & LogisticsN/A -27.50% -2.36%
Clarkson 13.10%19.09%7.79%

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.

In the previous week, Clarkson had 1 more articles in the media than Mercantile Ports & Logistics. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Clarkson and 0 mentions for Mercantile Ports & Logistics. Clarkson's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Mercantile Ports & Logistics' score of 0.00 indicating that Clarkson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Mercantile Ports & Logistics Neutral
Clarkson Neutral

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Clarkson has higher revenue and earnings than Mercantile Ports & Logistics.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mercantile Ports & Logistics£3.83M1.11-£21.86MN/AN/A
Clarkson£628.40M2.08£82.30M£2.681,591.42

Summary

Clarkson beats Mercantile Ports & Logistics on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MPL vs. The Competition

MetricMercantile Ports & LogisticsMarine Shipping IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£4.27M£2.93B£4.78B£2.04B
Dividend YieldN/A3.11%3.95%5.16%
P/E Ratio-12.75192.38368.241,926.64
Price / Sales1.1162.70363.59384,006.48
Price / Cash0.805.1329.7029.21
Price / Book0.061.433.413.08
Net Income-£21.86M£110.58M£195.68M£183.60M
7 Day Performance8.22%0.17%1.49%3.09%
1 Month Performance6.87%0.03%1.21%3.42%
1 Year Performance-26.28%-0.71%29.47%165.41%

Mercantile Ports & Logistics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MPL
Mercantile Ports & Logistics
N/AGBX 1.20
+2.0%
N/A-27.7%£4.27M£3.83M-12.7544Gap Down
CKN
Clarkson
0.4889 of 5 stars
GBX 4,260
+1.8%
GBX 4,567.50
+7.2%
+21.8%£1.31B£628.40M1,589.552,024
ICGC
Irish Continental Group
N/AGBX 426
flat
N/A+10.7%£701.11M£593.50M1,420.00288News Coverage
Gap Up
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,300
+1.6%
N/A+5.2%£459.68M£519.35M977.4474,200
GPH
Global Ports
N/AN/AN/AN/A£231.21M£193.58M30,000.0020Negative News
FSJ
James Fisher and Sons
1.4392 of 5 stars
GBX 308
+1.3%
GBX 375
+21.8%
-5.4%£155.20M£465.70M-317.532,041High Trading Volume
BMS
Braemar
2.3421 of 5 stars
GBX 254
-1.9%
GBX 410
+61.4%
-9.3%£77.62M£152.75M1,953.85400Gap Down
REAT
REACT Group
N/AGBX 80.07
-2.4%
N/A+5,864.3%£17.26M£20.83M8,007.10301News Coverage
TPG
TP Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£17.14M£45.09M-2.201,110High Trading Volume
EAAS
eEnergy Group
N/AGBX 4.25
+6.3%
GBX 12
+182.4%
-44.4%£16.46M£17.54M-7.30131Gap Down
High Trading Volume
VEL
Velocity Composites
N/AGBX 29.70
+6.1%
GBX 60
+102.0%
-12.8%£15.88M£20.18M-371.25102Gap Down

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This page (LON:MPL) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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