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Mercantile Ports & Logistics (MPL) Competitors

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GBX 1.35
+0.08 (+6.30%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

MPL vs. CKN, ICGC, OCN, GPH, FSJ, BMS, BMT, REAT, TPG, 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), Braime Group (BMT), REACT Group (REAT), TP Group (TPG), and RTC Group (RTC). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Mercantile Ports & Logistics vs.

Clarkson (LON:CKN) and Mercantile Ports & Logistics (LON:MPL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Clarkson£628.40M1.76£82.30M£2.681,343.28
Mercantile Ports & Logistics£3.83M1.26-£21.86MN/AN/A

53.9% of Clarkson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Mercantile Ports & Logistics shares are held by institutional investors. 11.8% of Clarkson shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 60.2% of Mercantile Ports & Logistics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

Company Overall Sentiment
Clarkson Neutral
Mercantile Ports & Logistics Neutral

Clarkson received 149 more outperform votes than Mercantile Ports & Logistics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.30% of users gave Clarkson an outperform vote while only 70.64% of users gave Mercantile Ports & Logistics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ClarksonOutperform Votes
226
79.30%
Underperform Votes
59
20.70%
Mercantile Ports & LogisticsOutperform Votes
77
70.64%
Underperform Votes
32
29.36%

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
Clarkson13.10% 19.09% 7.79%
Mercantile Ports & Logistics N/A -27.50%-2.36%

Clarkson presently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,590, indicating a potential upside of 27.50%. Given Clarkson's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Clarkson is more favorable than Mercantile Ports & Logistics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Clarkson
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Mercantile Ports & Logistics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Clarkson has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercantile Ports & Logistics has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Clarkson beats Mercantile Ports & Logistics on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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MPL vs. The Competition

MetricMercantile Ports & LogisticsMarine Shipping IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£4.81M£3.21B£3.86B£1.54B
Dividend YieldN/A6.23%4.43%11.42%
P/E Ratio-12.751,034.55526.901,687.53
Price / Sales1.2666.90419.47223,574.70
Price / Cash0.804.7626.4735.45
Price / Book0.071.423.602.85
Net Income-£21.86M£98.73M£184.04M£143.44M
7 Day Performance5.88%-1.04%0.08%0.11%
1 Month Performance12.50%-2.21%0.00%-0.15%
1 Year Performance-51.26%17.37%29.28%14.81%

Mercantile Ports & Logistics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MPL
Mercantile Ports & Logistics
N/AGBX 1.35
+6.3%
N/A-58.0%£4.81M£3.83M-12.7544News Coverage
Gap Down
CKN
Clarkson
N/AGBX 3,475
+0.7%
GBX 4,590
+32.1%
+35.0%£1.07B£628.40M1,296.642,024
ICGC
Irish Continental Group
N/AGBX 488
+1.8%
N/A+19.1%£803.15M£593.50M1,626.67288Gap Down
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,435
+2.1%
N/A+46.1%£507.42M£519.35M1,078.9574,200
GPH
Global Ports
N/AGBX 300
-4.5%
N/A+34.2%£231.21M£193.58M30,000.0020
FSJ
James Fisher and Sons
0.3705 of 5 stars
GBX 348.01
+0.9%
GBX 375
+7.8%
+13.5%£175.36M£465.70M-358.772,041
BMS
Braemar
3.5921 of 5 stars
GBX 255
-4.9%
GBX 410
+60.8%
N/A£77.93M£152.75M1,961.54400Dividend Increase
Positive News
BMT
Braime Group
N/AGBX 1,284
+11.7%
N/AN/A£18.49M£48.20M972.73186Gap Down
High Trading Volume
REAT
REACT Group
N/AGBX 83.89
+4.1%
N/A+5,148.2%£18.08M£20.83M8,389.00301
TPG
TP Group
N/AGBX 2.20
flat
N/A+0.0%£17.14M£45.09M-2.201,110News Coverage
High Trading Volume
RTC
RTC Group
N/AGBX 103.50
+1.0%
N/A+100.0%£15.13M£102.26M739.29361Gap Down

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This page (LON:MPL) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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