Marks Electrical Group (MRK) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, MRK or GPH?

Marks Electrical Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Marks Electrical Group	£114.24M	0.52	£426.93K	£0.41	140.39
Global Ports	£193.58M	0.00	-£19.81M	£0.01	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MRK or GPH?

Global Ports received 142 more outperform votes than Marks Electrical Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.26% of users gave Marks Electrical Group an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Global Ports an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Marks Electrical Group	Outperform Votes 18 78.26%	Underperform Votes 5 21.74%
Global Ports	Outperform Votes 160 62.50%	Underperform Votes 96 37.50%

Is MRK or GPH 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
Marks Electrical Group	0.37%	3.05%	0.91%
Global Ports	0.46%	34.36%	3.88%

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

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

Is MRK or GPH a better dividend stock?

Marks Electrical Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Global Ports pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share. 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. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate MRK or GPH?

Marks Electrical Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 73, indicating a potential upside of 27.82%. Given Marks Electrical Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Marks Electrical Group is more favorable than Global Ports.

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

Does the media favor MRK or GPH?

In the previous week, Marks Electrical Group had 6 more articles in the media than Global Ports. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Marks Electrical Group and 0 mentions for Global Ports. Marks Electrical Group's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Global Ports' score of 0.36 indicating that Marks Electrical Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Marks Electrical Group	Neutral
Global Ports	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, MRK or GPH?

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

Summary

Marks Electrical Group beats Global Ports on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.