Tufton Oceanic Assets (SHIP) Competitors

Tufton Oceanic Assets (LON:SHIP) and Serica Energy (LON:SQZ) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability and community ranking.

Do analysts recommend SHIP or SQZ?

Serica Energy has a consensus price target of GBX 200, indicating a potential upside of 42.86%. Given Serica Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Serica Energy is more favorable than Tufton Oceanic Assets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tufton Oceanic Assets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Serica Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is SHIP or SQZ a better dividend stock?

Tufton Oceanic Assets pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 885.0%. Serica Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.4%. Tufton Oceanic Assets pays out 3,841.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Serica Energy pays out -1,585.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SHIP or SQZ?

Serica Energy received 290 more outperform votes than Tufton Oceanic Assets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.69% of users gave Serica Energy an outperform vote while only 70.59% of users gave Tufton Oceanic Assets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tufton Oceanic Assets	Outperform Votes 12 70.59%	Underperform Votes 5 29.41%
Serica Energy	Outperform Votes 302 75.69%	Underperform Votes 97 24.31%

Is SHIP or SQZ more profitable?

Tufton Oceanic Assets has a net margin of 94.43% compared to Serica Energy's net margin of -1.09%. Tufton Oceanic Assets' return on equity of 17.33% beat Serica Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tufton Oceanic Assets	94.43%	17.33%	5.03%
Serica Energy	-1.09%	-1.09%	12.14%

Does the media favor SHIP or SQZ?

In the previous week, Tufton Oceanic Assets' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Serica Energy'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tufton Oceanic Assets	Neutral
Serica Energy	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SHIP or SQZ?

Tufton Oceanic Assets has higher revenue and earnings than Serica Energy. Serica Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tufton Oceanic Assets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tufton Oceanic Assets	£7.37B	0.04	£6.96B	£0.26	4.34
Serica Energy	£824.98M	0.84	-£9.03M	-£1.45	-96.49

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SHIP or SQZ?

78.7% of Tufton Oceanic Assets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.3% of Serica Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Tufton Oceanic Assets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 37.7% of Serica Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, SHIP or SQZ?

Tufton Oceanic Assets has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Serica Energy has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Serica Energy beats Tufton Oceanic Assets on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.