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CKN.L

Clarkson PLC

Industrials · Marine Shipping · LSE

$4,674.00

Data: 2026-05-28

✓ ETHICAL PASS

Unknown MOAT

HIGH

Data Confidence: 100.0%

Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap

$1.5B

Total market value of the company

Trailing P/E

22.30

Premium valuation

Forward P/E

16.90

Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper

Rev Growth

-5.0%

Year-over-year revenue change

Profit Margin

10.4%

How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue

ROE

13.0%

Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money

Analyst Target

$5,090.00

+9% from current price — median analyst estimate

Recommendation

STRONG_BUY

Consensus view from 6 analysts covering this stock

About Clarkson PLC

Clarkson PLC provides shipping services in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates through Broking, Financial, Support, and Research segments. The company's Broking segment offers services to shipowners and charterers in the transportation of various cargoes by sea; and to buyers and sellers/yards related to sale and purchase services, as well as futures broking operation. Its Financial segment provides investment banking services for maritime, oil services, and natural resources sectors; structured asset finance services and projects in the shipping, offshore, and real estate sectors; and project finance and bespoke asset finance solutions. The company's Support segment offers port and agency, project logistics, freight forwarding, warehousing, crew travel, vessel agency, customs clearance, stevedoring, shortsea broking, and industrial supplies for the marine and offshore industries. Its Research segment provides shipping-related information and publications. This segment also offers digital products, including Shipping Intelligence Network, World Fleet Register, Offshore Intelligence Network, Renewables Intelligence Network and API portal; and data and intelligence to shipyards, equipment suppliers, class societies, regulators, and ship financiers. It is involved in property management services; real estate project management, shipping and offshore project syndication, and property-related services; investment banking, and trading in instruments and financial services; and advisory services related to finance structuring for shipping-related projects. The company also provides brokerage of shipping-related derivative financial instruments; supply of MRO, PPE, and safety equipment; and accounting and financial advisory services. The company was formerly known as Horace Clarkson PLC and changed its name to Clarkson PLC in May 2001. The company was founded in 1852 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

https://www.clarksons.com

Country: United Kingdom Employees: 2,314 Industry: Marine Shipping

Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity

PASS

Core business does not involve prohibited activities

Debt Ratio

0.0% N/A

Debt must be below 33% of total assets

Cash Ratio

0.0% N/A

Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets

Receivables

0.0% N/A

Receivables below 49% of assets

Revenue Purity

0.0% PASS

Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime

MARKUP

Price trending up with increasing momentum

Sharpe Ratio

0.420

Positive but modest risk-adjusted returns

Kelly Fraction

-0.0092

No positive edge detected — the data suggests staying out

Calmar Ratio

0.242

Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile

Annual Return

8.3%

Historical annualised return based on price data

Max Drawdown

-34.5%

Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been

HMM State

SIDEWAYS

Price consolidating — no clear directional bias

Days in State

250

How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable

Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta

0.70

Less volatile than the market — more defensive

52W High

$4,992.00

6% below the year high

52W Low

$3,170.00

47% above the year low

Avg Volume

126,815

Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell

Short Ratio

N/A

Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded

Short % Float

N/A

Div Yield

236.0%

Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price

EPS (TTM)

$2.13

Earnings per share over the last 12 months

Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity

10.61

Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline

Current Ratio

1.78

Healthy liquidity position

Quick Ratio

1.73

Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test

Gross Margin

93.8%

Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power

Operating Margin

13.5%

Profit from core operations before interest and tax

Free Cash Flow

$18M

Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends

Revenue (TTM)

$631M

Total revenue over the last 12 months

Net Income

$66M

Profitable — the bottom line is positive

Analyst Coverage

Analysts

Target High

$5,580.00

Target Median

$5,090.00

Target Low

$4,650.00

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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-28

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