Ocean Wilsons (OCN) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend FOUR or OCN?

4imprint Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 7,365, suggesting a potential upside of 31.99%. 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

Which has higher earnings and 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	£1.36B	1.16	£111.40M	£2.32	2,405.17
Ocean Wilsons	£519.35M	0.90	£61.71M	£1.33	988.72

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%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FOUR or OCN?

83.3% of 4imprint Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of Ocean Wilsons shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of 4imprint Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Ocean Wilsons 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.

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 3.2%. Ocean Wilsons pays an annual dividend of GBX 67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. 4imprint Group pays out 7,758.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ocean Wilsons pays out 5,037.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ocean Wilsons is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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 92.73% beat Ocean Wilsons' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
4imprint Group	8.20%	92.73%	35.62%
Ocean Wilsons	11.88%	11.98%	6.02%

Which has more volatility & risk, FOUR or OCN?

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

Does the media favor FOUR or OCN?

In the previous week, 4imprint Group and 4imprint Group both had 1 articles in the media. Ocean Wilsons' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat 4imprint Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Ocean Wilsons is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
4imprint Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ocean Wilsons	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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