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Mercantile Ports & Logistics (MPL) Competitors

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GBX 1.20 -0.15 (-11.11%)
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MPL vs. CKN, ICGC, OCN, GPH, FSJ, BMS, BMT, DSW, THRU, and HUI

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), DSW Capital (DSW), Thruvision Group (THRU), and Hydrogen Utopia International (HUI). 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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

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

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£3.83M1.12-£21.86MN/AN/A

Clarkson presently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,590, suggesting a potential upside of 27.50%. Given Clarkson's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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)
0.00

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%

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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%

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£4.28M£3.16B£3.95B£1.39B
Dividend YieldN/A6.23%4.42%11.86%
P/E Ratio-12.751,028.71524.351,573.12
Price / Sales1.1264.13416.52212,245.03
Price / Cash0.804.7627.8633.11
Price / Book0.061.403.542.79
Net Income-£21.86M£98.73M£180.14M£154.04M
7 Day Performance-11.11%0.12%-0.65%-0.59%
1 Month Performance4.08%-3.13%-1.20%7.21%
1 Year Performance-52.00%15.73%26.77%94.65%

Mercantile Ports & Logistics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MPL
Mercantile Ports & Logistics
N/AGBX 1.20
-11.1%
N/A-46.0%£4.28M£3.83M-12.7544Gap Down
CKN
Clarkson
1.5906 of 5 stars
GBX 3,600
+1.3%
GBX 4,590
+27.5%
+25.6%£1.10B£628.40M1,337.692,024High Trading Volume
ICGC
Irish Continental Group
N/AGBX 459.51
+1.0%
N/AN/A£756.26M£593.50M1,516.67288
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,230
+1.7%
N/A+6.6%£434.93M£519.35M913.5374,200News Coverage
GPH
Global Ports
N/AGBX 300
-4.5%
N/A+8.3%£231.21M£193.58M30,000.0020
FSJ
James Fisher and Sons
0.6388 of 5 stars
GBX 300
+0.3%
GBX 375
+25.0%
+15.0%£151.17M£465.70M-314.432,041
BMS
Braemar
2.2946 of 5 stars
GBX 239
-2.8%
GBX 410
+71.5%
N/A£73.04M£152.75M1,853.85400Dividend Increase
News Coverage
BMT
Braime Group
N/AGBX 1,099
+4.7%
N/AN/A£15.83M£48.20M822.73186Gap Down
DSW
DSW Capital
N/AGBX 72
+4.3%
N/A+40.8%£15.79M£2.31M-4,700.0015High Trading Volume
THRU
Thruvision Group
N/AGBX 9.25
-7.5%
N/A-53.8%£14.80M£7.81M-462.5043News Coverage
Gap Down
HUI
Hydrogen Utopia International
N/AGBX 3.80
-1.3%
N/A-3.8%£14.65MN/A-472.507Gap Up

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This page (LON:MPL) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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