Marks Electrical Group (MRK) Competitors

Global Ports (LON:GPH) and Marks Electrical Group (LON:MRK) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is GPH or MRK a better dividend stock?

Global Ports pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share. Marks Electrical Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Global Ports pays out 370,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Marks Electrical Group pays out 245.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Marks Electrical Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to GPH or MRK?

In the previous week, Global Ports and Global Ports both had 1 articles in the media. Marks Electrical Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Global Ports' score of -0.34 indicating that Marks Electrical Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Global Ports	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Marks Electrical Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GPH or MRK?

Global Ports received 144 more outperform votes than Marks Electrical Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.19% of users gave Marks Electrical Group an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Global Ports an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Global Ports	Outperform Votes 160 62.50%	Underperform Votes 96 37.50%
Marks Electrical Group	Outperform Votes 16 76.19%	Underperform Votes 5 23.81%

Which has more volatility & risk, GPH or MRK?

Global Ports has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marks Electrical Group has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate GPH or MRK?

Marks Electrical Group has a consensus target price of GBX 100, suggesting a potential upside of 70.94%. Given Marks Electrical Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Marks Electrical Group is more favorable than Global Ports.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Ports	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Marks Electrical Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GPH or MRK?

9.3% of Global Ports shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.2% of Marks Electrical Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 78.0% of Global Ports shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 79.3% of Marks Electrical Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, GPH or MRK?

Marks Electrical Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Global Ports. Global Ports is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marks Electrical Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Ports	£193.58M	0.00	-£19.81M	£0.01	N/A
Marks Electrical Group	£114.24M	0.54	£426.93K	£0.41	143.81

Is GPH or MRK more profitable?

Global Ports has a net margin of 0.46% compared to Marks Electrical Group's net margin of 0.37%. Global Ports' return on equity of 34.36% beat Marks Electrical Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Ports	0.46%	34.36%	3.88%
Marks Electrical Group	0.37%	3.05%	0.91%

Summary

Marks Electrical Group beats Global Ports on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.