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

Does the media refer more to SHIP or SQZ?

In the previous week, Serica Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Tufton Oceanic Assets. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Serica Energy and 0 mentions for Tufton Oceanic Assets. Serica Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Tufton Oceanic Assets' score of 0.00 indicating that Serica Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tufton Oceanic Assets	Neutral
Serica Energy	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Do analysts rate SHIP or SQZ?

Serica Energy has a consensus price target of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 22.97%. 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)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable 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	4.56
Serica Energy	£824.98M	0.97	-£9.03M	-£1.45	-112.09

Which has more risk and volatility, SHIP or SQZ?

Tufton Oceanic Assets has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Serica Energy has a beta of 0.44, suggesting 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 842.5%. Serica Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.1%. 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%

Summary

Serica Energy beats Tufton Oceanic Assets on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.