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 superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of SHIP or SQZ?

78.7% of Tufton Oceanic Assets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.3% of Serica Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Tufton Oceanic Assets shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.7% of Serica Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate SHIP or SQZ?

Serica Energy has a consensus target price of GBX 208.33, suggesting a potential upside of 64.56%. Given Serica Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher valuation & 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	3.96
Serica Energy	£824.98M	0.76	-£9.03M	-£1.45	-87.25

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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%

Does the media favor SHIP or SQZ?

In the previous week, Serica Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Tufton Oceanic Assets' score of -0.49 indicating that Serica Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tufton Oceanic Assets	Neutral
Serica Energy	Neutral

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%

Which has more volatility and risk, SHIP or SQZ?

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

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 970.9%. Serica Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.2%. 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.

Summary

Serica Energy beats Tufton Oceanic Assets on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.