FSJ vs. GPH, BMS, OCN, AFC, PPHC, AVG, ECEL, MSI, EPWN, and SDY
Should you be buying James Fisher and Sons stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of James Fisher and Sons include Global Ports (GPH), Braemar (BMS), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), AFC Energy (AFC), Public Policy (PPHC), Avingtrans (AVG), Eurocell (ECEL), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Epwin Group (EPWN), and Speedy Hire (SDY). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Global Ports (LON:GPH) and James Fisher and Sons (LON:FSJ) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
3.8% of Global Ports shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of James Fisher and Sons shares are held by institutional investors. 67.4% of Global Ports shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.2% of James Fisher and Sons shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Global Ports had 7 more articles in the media than James Fisher and Sons. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Global Ports and 0 mentions for James Fisher and Sons. James Fisher and Sons' average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Global Ports' score of 0.00 indicating that Global Ports is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Global Ports pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.4%. James Fisher and Sons pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Global Ports pays out -14,800.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. James Fisher and Sons pays out 40,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Global Ports is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
James Fisher and Sons has higher revenue and earnings than Global Ports. Global Ports is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than James Fisher and Sons, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Global Ports has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James Fisher and Sons has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
James Fisher and Sons has a consensus price target of GBX 375, indicating a potential upside of 34.41%. Given Global Ports' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe James Fisher and Sons is more favorable than Global Ports.
James Fisher and Sons has a net margin of -4.39% compared to James Fisher and Sons' net margin of -11.28%. Global Ports' return on equity of 1.03% beat James Fisher and Sons' return on equity.
James Fisher and Sons received 21 more outperform votes than Global Ports when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Global Ports an outperform vote while only 58.58% of users gave James Fisher and Sons an outperform vote.
Summary
James Fisher and Sons beats Global Ports on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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