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Mercantile Ports & Logistics (MPL) Competitors

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GBX 0.95 -0.03 (-2.56%)
As of 04/16/2025 06:14 AM Eastern

MPL vs. CKN, ICGC, OCN, GPH, FSJ, BMS, NEXS, DRV, GELN, and RTC

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), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), Driver Group (DRV), Gelion (GELN), and RTC Group (RTC). 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Mercantile Ports & LogisticsOutperform Votes
77
70.64%
Underperform Votes
32
29.36%
ClarksonOutperform Votes
229
79.51%
Underperform Votes
59
20.49%

In the previous week, Mercantile Ports & Logistics' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Clarkson'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Mercantile Ports & Logistics Neutral
Clarkson Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mercantile Ports & Logistics£3.83M0.88-£21.86MN/AN/A
Clarkson£632.60M1.57£82.85M£268.7312.00

Clarkson has a consensus price target of GBX 4,562.50, indicating a potential upside of 41.45%. Given Clarkson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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

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

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mercantile Ports & LogisticsN/A -27.50% -2.36%
Clarkson 13.10%17.96%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.

Summary

Clarkson beats Mercantile Ports & Logistics on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MPL vs. The Competition

MetricMercantile Ports & LogisticsMarine Shipping IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.39M£3.17B£6.61B£2.48B
Dividend YieldN/A2.92%3.60%4.96%
P/E Ratio-12.7510.6320.27129.75
Price / Sales0.8846.6175.31232,042.22
Price / Cash0.803.8226.9928.07
Price / Book0.051.163.564.43
Net Income-£21.86M£192.06M£800.18M£5.83B
1 Month Performance-9.44%-3.81%-4.40%-1.34%
1 Year Performance-47.22%-7.92%20.14%117.27%

Mercantile Ports & Logistics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MPL
Mercantile Ports & Logistics
N/AGBX 0.95
-2.6%
N/A-44.1%£3.39M£3.83M-12.7544Gap Down
CKN
Clarkson
N/AGBX 3,265
+4.0%
GBX 4,562.50
+39.7%
-20.3%£1.01B£632.60M12.152,024Negative News
ICGC
Irish Continental Group
N/AGBX 444.24
+2.6%
N/AN/A£880.19M£703.84M14.32288News Coverage
Gap Up
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,330.17
+2.3%
N/A+2.9%£586.48M£647.52M9.5074,200
GPH
Global Ports
N/AN/AN/AN/A£231.21M£193.58M30,000.0020News Coverage
FSJ
James Fisher and Sons
N/AGBX 298.24
+1.1%
GBX 387.50
+29.9%
+4.4%£152.08M£504.60M-2.922,041
BMS
Braemar
2.36 of 5 stars
GBX 245
+8.4%
GBX 380
+55.1%
-23.2%£79.06M£165.60M15.92400
NEXS
Nexus Infrastructure
N/AGBX 155
+0.6%
N/A+125.0%£13.95M£63.25M-1.35406
DRV
Driver Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£13.80M£42.63M-560.00277Gap Down
GELN
Gelion
N/AGBX 10.50
+2.4%
N/A-48.9%£13.31MN/A-1.6143News Coverage
Gap Down
RTC
RTC Group
N/AGBX 94.75
+2.4%
N/A+14.6%£12.26M£90.27M6.68361News Coverage
Gap Up

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This page (LON:MPL) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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