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CTRM vs. TORO, HMR, AIRT, YGMZ, MESA, HTCO, NCT, SFWL, WETO, and EDRY

Should you be buying Castor Maritime stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Castor Maritime include Toro (TORO), Heidmar Maritime (HMR), Air T (AIRT), MingZhu Logistics (YGMZ), Mesa Air Group (MESA), Caravelle International Group (HTCO), Intercont (Cayman) (NCT), Shengfeng Development (SFWL), Webus International (WETO), and EuroDry (EDRY). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Castor Maritime vs. Its Competitors

Toro (NASDAQ:TORO) and Castor Maritime (NASDAQ:CTRM) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Toro has a net margin of 24.65% compared to Castor Maritime's net margin of -65.40%. Toro's return on equity of 2.46% beat Castor Maritime's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Toro24.65% 2.46% 1.49%
Castor Maritime -65.40%-3.69%-2.82%

In the previous week, Toro had 9 more articles in the media than Castor Maritime. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Toro and 3 mentions for Castor Maritime. Castor Maritime's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Toro's score of 0.28 indicating that Castor Maritime is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Toro
0 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Castor Maritime
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Toro
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Castor Maritime
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

Toro has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Castor Maritime has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Toro has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Castor Maritime. Castor Maritime is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Toro$20.14M3.91$25.21M$0.02206.50
Castor Maritime$66.24M0.30$14.62M-$3.18-0.66

1.7% of Toro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of Castor Maritime shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Toro beats Castor Maritime on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CTRM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CTRM vs. The Competition

MetricCastor MaritimeTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$20.19M$2.37B$7.10B$10.52B
Dividend YieldN/A4.76%940.13%4.79%
P/E Ratio-0.6614.1314.8127.24
Price / Sales0.305.87602.36231.77
Price / Cash0.924.497.7861.53
Price / Book0.040.822.436.74
Net Income$14.62M$495.14M$555.48M$276.59M
7 Day Performance-0.95%-0.86%-1.45%-0.47%
1 Month Performance2.45%-2.67%3.49%7.47%
1 Year Performance-47.75%-1.66%5.62%34.58%

Castor Maritime Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CTRM
Castor Maritime
0.4446 of 5 stars
$2.09
flat
N/A-48.4%$20.19M$66.24M-0.661
TORO
Toro
0.8236 of 5 stars
$4.26
+3.6%
N/A+19.0%$78.48M$22.39M213.11N/AAnalyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
HMR
Heidmar Maritime
N/A$1.31
-1.5%
$5.00
+281.7%
N/A$77.36M$28.95M0.00N/A
AIRT
Air T
0.2644 of 5 stars
$23.26
+2.4%
N/A+31.0%$61.38M$291.85M-8.55500Trending News
YGMZ
MingZhu Logistics
0.5108 of 5 stars
$0.70
-1.4%
N/A-43.2%$54.60M$40.43M0.0080Gap Down
MESA
Mesa Air Group
0.4282 of 5 stars
$1.31
+4.0%
N/A+23.7%$52.77M$476.41M-0.311,838News Coverage
HTCO
Caravelle International Group
0.2796 of 5 stars
$7.69
-1.0%
N/A-52.6%$47.14M$108.18M0.0031Gap Down
NCT
Intercont (Cayman)
N/A$1.56
-0.6%
N/AN/A$41.60MN/A0.0019
SFWL
Shengfeng Development
0.7268 of 5 stars
$1.00
-0.1%
N/A-28.3%$40.62M$504.16M0.001,263High Trading Volume
WETO
Webus International
N/A$2.06
+21.3%
N/AN/A$37.37MN/A0.0027News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
EDRY
EuroDry
0.567 of 5 stars
$12.41
+0.8%
N/A-39.4%$34.96M$49.71M-2.39N/A

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This page (NASDAQ:CTRM) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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