Ocean Wilsons (OCN) Competitors

4imprint Group (LON:FOUR) and Ocean Wilsons (LON:OCN) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.

Which has more volatility & risk, FOUR or OCN?

4imprint Group has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ocean Wilsons has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, FOUR or OCN?

4imprint Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ocean Wilsons. Ocean Wilsons is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 4imprint 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
4imprint Group	£1.71B	1.12	£139.98M	£314.05	17.23
Ocean Wilsons	£647.52M	0.90	£76.94M	£139.96	9.47

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FOUR or OCN?

83.3% of 4imprint Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of Ocean Wilsons shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of 4imprint Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Ocean Wilsons shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to FOUR or OCN?

In the previous week, Ocean Wilsons' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat 4imprint Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Ocean Wilsons is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
4imprint Group	Neutral
Ocean Wilsons	Positive

Is FOUR or OCN a better dividend stock?

4imprint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 180 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Ocean Wilsons pays an annual dividend of GBX 67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. 4imprint Group pays out 57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ocean Wilsons pays out 47.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Ocean Wilsons is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate FOUR or OCN?

4imprint Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 7,365, indicating a potential upside of 36.14%. Given 4imprint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe 4imprint Group is more favorable than Ocean Wilsons.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
4imprint Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ocean Wilsons	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is FOUR or OCN more profitable?

Ocean Wilsons has a net margin of 11.88% compared to 4imprint Group's net margin of 8.20%. 4imprint Group's return on equity of 78.95% beat Ocean Wilsons' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
4imprint Group	8.20%	78.95%	35.62%
Ocean Wilsons	11.88%	10.38%	6.02%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FOUR or OCN?

4imprint Group received 136 more outperform votes than Ocean Wilsons when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.69% of users gave Ocean Wilsons an outperform vote while only 72.71% of users gave 4imprint Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
4imprint Group	Outperform Votes 317 72.71%	Underperform Votes 119 27.29%
Ocean Wilsons	Outperform Votes 181 76.69%	Underperform Votes 55 23.31%

Summary

4imprint Group beats Ocean Wilsons on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.