Ocean Wilsons (OCN) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, OCN or FOUR?

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

Is OCN or FOUR a better dividend stock?

Ocean Wilsons pays an annual dividend of GBX 67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. 4imprint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 180 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate OCN or FOUR?

4imprint Group has a consensus price target of GBX 7,365, suggesting a potential upside of 46.71%. Given 4imprint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe 4imprint Group is more favorable than Ocean Wilsons.

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, OCN or FOUR?

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
Ocean Wilsons	£519.35M	0.84	£61.71M	£1.33	924.81
4imprint Group	£1.36B	1.04	£111.40M	£2.32	2,163.79

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OCN or FOUR?

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

Is OCN or FOUR 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
Ocean Wilsons	11.88%	11.98%	6.02%
4imprint Group	8.20%	92.73%	35.62%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of OCN or FOUR?

41.7% of Ocean Wilsons shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of 4imprint Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of Ocean Wilsons shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of 4imprint Group shares are held by company 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 prefer OCN or FOUR?

In the previous week, Ocean Wilsons had 1 more articles in the media than 4imprint Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ocean Wilsons and 1 mentions for 4imprint Group. 4imprint Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Ocean Wilsons' score of 0.34 indicating that 4imprint Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

4imprint Group beats Ocean Wilsons on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.