SMHI vs. PANL, HSHP, DSX, CPLP, SHIP, SB, OSG, IMPP, TK, and TNP
Should you be buying SEACOR Marine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SEACOR Marine include Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), Himalaya Shipping (HSHP), Diana Shipping (DSX), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), Seanergy Maritime (SHIP), Safe Bulkers (SB), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Imperial Petroleum (IMPP), Teekay (TK), and Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
SEACOR Marine (NYSE:SMHI) and Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a net margin of 7.04% compared to SEACOR Marine's net margin of -8.19%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions' return on equity of 8.86% beat SEACOR Marine's return on equity.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions received 216 more outperform votes than SEACOR Marine when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.22% of users gave Pangaea Logistics Solutions an outperform vote while only 65.06% of users gave SEACOR Marine an outperform vote.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than SEACOR Marine. SEACOR Marine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pangaea Logistics Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Pangaea Logistics Solutions had 6 more articles in the media than SEACOR Marine. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pangaea Logistics Solutions and 0 mentions for SEACOR Marine. Pangaea Logistics Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat SEACOR Marine's score of 0.00 indicating that Pangaea Logistics Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SEACOR Marine currently has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.83%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a consensus target price of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 31.92%. Given Pangaea Logistics Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pangaea Logistics Solutions is more favorable than SEACOR Marine.
59.1% of SEACOR Marine shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 14.6% of SEACOR Marine shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
SEACOR Marine has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Pangaea Logistics Solutions beats SEACOR Marine on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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