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 analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility & risk, FOUR or OCN?

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

Do analysts recommend FOUR or OCN?

4imprint Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 7,365, indicating a potential upside of 87.64%. Given 4imprint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly 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 a better dividend stock?

4imprint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 180 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Ocean Wilsons pays an annual dividend of GBX 67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. 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.

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 prefer 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 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer FOUR or OCN?

In the previous week, 4imprint Group had 1 more articles in the media than Ocean Wilsons. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for 4imprint Group and 0 mentions for Ocean Wilsons. Ocean Wilsons' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat 4imprint Group's score of -1.04 indicating that Ocean Wilsons is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
4imprint Group	Negative
Ocean Wilsons	Positive

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	0.82	£139.98M	£314.05	12.50
Ocean Wilsons	£647.52M	0.97	£76.94M	£139.96	10.15

Summary

4imprint Group beats Ocean Wilsons on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.