SMHI vs. NVGS, ECO, GSL, CPLP, GNK, TNP, ASC, TK, SB, and OSG
Should you be buying SEACOR Marine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SEACOR Marine include Navigator (NVGS), Okeanis Eco Tankers (ECO), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Teekay (TK), Safe Bulkers (SB), and Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
SEACOR Marine (NYSE:SMHI) and Navigator (NYSE:NVGS) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Navigator received 205 more outperform votes than SEACOR Marine when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.71% of users gave Navigator an outperform vote while only 65.06% of users gave SEACOR Marine an outperform vote.
Navigator has a net margin of 15.68% compared to SEACOR Marine's net margin of -8.19%. Navigator's return on equity of 6.86% beat SEACOR Marine's return on equity.
Navigator has higher revenue and earnings than SEACOR Marine. SEACOR Marine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Navigator, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
59.1% of SEACOR Marine shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Navigator shares are held by institutional investors. 14.6% of SEACOR Marine shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Navigator shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, SEACOR Marine's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Navigator'saverage media sentiment score.
SEACOR Marine currently has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.70%. Navigator has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.29%. Given SEACOR Marine's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe SEACOR Marine is more favorable than Navigator.
SEACOR Marine has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Navigator has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Navigator beats SEACOR Marine on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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