MPL vs. AUK, NBB, LIB, LIFS, NEXS, PEG, XSG, HSM, CEPS, and NTBR
Should you be buying Mercantile Ports & Logistics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercantile Ports & Logistics include Aukett Swanke Group (AUK), Norman Broadbent (NBB), Libertine (LIB), LifeSafe (LIFS), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), Petards Group (PEG), Xeros Technology Group (XSG), Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM), Ceps (CEPS), and Northern Bear (NTBR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Mercantile Ports & Logistics (LON:MPL) and Aukett Swanke Group (LON:AUK) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.
Aukett Swanke Group has higher revenue and earnings than Mercantile Ports & Logistics.
In the previous week, Mercantile Ports & Logistics had 1 more articles in the media than Aukett Swanke Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Mercantile Ports & Logistics and 0 mentions for Aukett Swanke Group. Mercantile Ports & Logistics' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Aukett Swanke Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Aukett Swanke Group has a net margin of 0.65% compared to Mercantile Ports & Logistics' net margin of -149.97%. Aukett Swanke Group's return on equity of 4.35% beat Mercantile Ports & Logistics' return on equity.
Mercantile Ports & Logistics received 16 more outperform votes than Aukett Swanke Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.64% of users gave Mercantile Ports & Logistics an outperform vote while only 48.41% of users gave Aukett Swanke Group an outperform vote.
Mercantile Ports & Logistics has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aukett Swanke Group has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
22.7% of Mercantile Ports & Logistics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of Aukett Swanke Group shares are held by institutional investors. 55.6% of Mercantile Ports & Logistics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 73.6% of Aukett Swanke Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Mercantile Ports & Logistics beats Aukett Swanke Group on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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