Castor Maritime (CTRM) Competitors

ModivCare (NASDAQ:MODV) and Castor Maritime (NASDAQ:CTRM) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has better earnings and valuation, MODV or CTRM?

Castor Maritime has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ModivCare. ModivCare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Castor Maritime, 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
ModivCare	$2.76B	0.03	-$204.46M	-$12.88	-0.39
Castor Maritime	$97.52M	0.27	$38.64M	$3.35	0.82

Do analysts prefer MODV or CTRM?

ModivCare presently has a consensus price target of $18.20, indicating a potential upside of 260.75%. Given ModivCare's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe ModivCare is more favorable than Castor Maritime.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ModivCare	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Castor Maritime	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MODV or CTRM?

1.1% of Castor Maritime shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.1% of ModivCare 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MODV or CTRM?

ModivCare received 8 more outperform votes than Castor Maritime when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.50% of users gave Castor Maritime an outperform vote while only 48.89% of users gave ModivCare an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ModivCare	Outperform Votes 22 48.89%	Underperform Votes 23 51.11%
Castor Maritime	Outperform Votes 14 87.50%	Underperform Votes 2 12.50%

Is MODV or CTRM more profitable?

Castor Maritime has a net margin of 95.54% compared to ModivCare's net margin of -6.57%. ModivCare's return on equity of 26.14% beat Castor Maritime's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ModivCare	-6.57%	26.14%	1.08%
Castor Maritime	95.54%	13.09%	10.70%

Does the media favor MODV or CTRM?

In the previous week, ModivCare had 6 more articles in the media than Castor Maritime. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for ModivCare and 3 mentions for Castor Maritime. Castor Maritime's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat ModivCare's score of -0.15 indicating that Castor Maritime is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ModivCare	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Castor Maritime	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, MODV or CTRM?

ModivCare has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Castor Maritime has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Castor Maritime beats ModivCare on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.