Marlowe (MRL) Competitors GBX 325 +2.00 (+0.62%) As of 03/28/2025 12:16 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock MRL vs. LSC, SNX, JNEO, FA, CSSG, NWT, MORT, WSG, PEG, and FLXShould you be buying Marlowe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marlowe include London Security (LSC), Synectics (SNX), Journeo (JNEO), FireAngel Safety Technology Group (FA), Croma Security Solutions Group (CSSG), Newmark Security (NWT), Mortice (MORT), Westminster Group (WSG), Petards Group (PEG), and Falanx Group (FLX). These companies are all part of the "security & protection services" industry. Marlowe vs. London Security Synectics Journeo FireAngel Safety Technology Group Croma Security Solutions Group Newmark Security Mortice Westminster Group Petards Group Falanx Group London Security (LON:LSC) and Marlowe (LON:MRL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk. Do institutionals & insiders believe in LSC or MRL? 55.5% of Marlowe shares are held by institutional investors. 99.0% of London Security shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of Marlowe shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media favor LSC or MRL? In the previous week, Marlowe had 1 more articles in the media than London Security. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Marlowe and 0 mentions for London Security. Marlowe's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat London Security's score of 0.00 indicating that Marlowe is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment London Security Neutral Marlowe Positive Does the MarketBeat Community favor LSC or MRL? Marlowe received 92 more outperform votes than London Security when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.51% of users gave Marlowe an outperform vote while only 70.91% of users gave London Security an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformLondon SecurityOutperform Votes3970.91% Underperform Votes1629.09% MarloweOutperform Votes13177.51% Underperform Votes3822.49% Is LSC or MRL more profitable? London Security has a net margin of 10.34% compared to Marlowe's net margin of -2.03%. London Security's return on equity of 14.69% beat Marlowe's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets London Security10.34% 14.69% 9.47% Marlowe -2.03%-2.33%1.41% Which has more risk and volatility, LSC or MRL? London Security has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marlowe has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has higher earnings and valuation, LSC or MRL? London Security has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Marlowe. Marlowe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than London Security, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLondon Security£218.64M2.02£22.60M£189.5819.25Marlowe£418.37M0.62-£8.48M-£10.75-30.23 Do analysts recommend LSC or MRL? Marlowe has a consensus target price of GBX 700, suggesting a potential upside of 115.38%. Given Marlowe's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Marlowe is more favorable than London Security.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score London Security 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Marlowe 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 SummaryMarlowe beats London Security on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Marlowe News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MRL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart MRL vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMarloweSecurity & Protection Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£260.07M£77.47M£6.87B£2.61BDividend Yield0.46%6.78%3.54%4.82%P/E Ratio-30.2354.8220.76141.21Price / Sales0.6258.2275.48284,066.48Price / Cash21.179.5926.8728.12Price / Book0.712.263.704.63Net Income-£8.48M£366,942.10£795.56M£5.82B7 Day Performance-1.22%-2.02%-0.70%1.44%1 Month Performance-4.41%-3.59%-1.14%7.39%1 Year Performance-37.50%16.98%17.95%112.67% Marlowe Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MRLMarlowe2.1621 of 5 starsGBX 325+0.6%GBX 700+115.4%-37.5%£260.07M£418.37M-30.234,972High Trading VolumeLSCLondon SecurityN/AGBX 3,250-3.0%N/A+24.1%£392.91M£218.64M17.141,596Positive NewsGap DownSNXSynecticsN/AGBX 318.75+2.8%N/A+79.0%£52.36M£52.08M17.7423,500News CoverageJNEOJourneoN/AGBX 246.26-0.7%N/A+0.7%£41.72M£51.30M9.90185Earnings ReportInsider TradeNews CoverageFAFireAngel Safety Technology GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£21.92M£53.35M-181.255,500High Trading VolumeCSSGCroma Security Solutions GroupN/AGBX 86.20-0.3%N/A+26.1%£11.84M£9.05M21.0572Positive NewsGap DownNWTNewmark SecurityN/AGBX 79.85+12.5%N/A-6.9%£7.49M£22.28M55.86102Positive NewsGap UpMORTMorticeN/AN/AN/AN/A£6.40M£229.62M2.64N/AGap UpWSGWestminster GroupN/AGBX 1.65-2.9%N/A+18.3%£5.22M£5.77M-1.74256Earnings ReportNews CoverageGap DownPEGPetards GroupN/AGBX 7.90+1.9%N/A+16.5%£4.89M£10.27M-2.7412,500News CoverageFLXFalanx GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£2.76M£3.54M-0.8884Gap DownHigh Trading Volume Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies London Security Alternatives Synectics Alternatives Journeo Alternatives FireAngel Safety Technology Group Alternatives Croma Security Solutions Group Alternatives Newmark Security Alternatives Mortice Alternatives Westminster Group Alternatives Petards Group Alternatives Falanx Group Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:MRL) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersA brutally honest economic warning for 2025 (see proof)New York Times best-selling financial author and world-renowned economist Addison Wiggin (a man who’s worked s...Banyan Hill Publishing | Sponsored$2 Trillion Disappears Because of Fed's Secretive New Move$2 trillion has disappeared from the US government's books. 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