SHIP vs. SQZ, PAC, ASC, TORO, RYA, PAL, NSH, PXS, ALK, and CLCO
Should you be buying Tufton Oceanic Assets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tufton Oceanic Assets include Serica Energy (SQZ), Pacific Assets (PAC), ASOS (ASC), Chenavari Toro Income Fund (TORO), Ryanair (RYA), Equatorial Palm Oil plc (PAL.L) (PAL), Norish (NSH), Provexis (PXS), Alkemy Capital Investments (ALK), and CloudCoCo Group (CLCO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Tufton Oceanic Assets vs. Its Competitors
Tufton Oceanic Assets (LON:SHIP) and Serica Energy (LON:SQZ) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, Serica Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Tufton Oceanic Assets. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Serica Energy and 1 mentions for Tufton Oceanic Assets. Serica Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Tufton Oceanic Assets' score of -0.10 indicating that Serica Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 37.7% of Serica Energy shares are owned by company 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.
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.
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.
Serica Energy has a consensus price target of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 25.31%. Given Serica Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Serica Energy is more favorable than Tufton Oceanic Assets.
Tufton Oceanic Assets pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 862.1%. Serica Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.4%. 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.
Summary
Serica Energy beats Tufton Oceanic Assets on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SHIP) was last updated on 6/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff