EuroDry (EDRY) Competitors

Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ:OMEX) and EuroDry (NASDAQ:EDRY) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OMEX or EDRY?

EuroDry received 40 more outperform votes than Odyssey Marine Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.86% of users gave EuroDry an outperform vote while only 54.87% of users gave Odyssey Marine Exploration an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Odyssey Marine Exploration	Outperform Votes 152 54.87%	Underperform Votes 125 45.13%
EuroDry	Outperform Votes 192 64.86%	Underperform Votes 104 35.14%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in OMEX or EDRY?

50.0% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.4% of EuroDry shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.4% of EuroDry shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is OMEX or EDRY more profitable?

Odyssey Marine Exploration has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Odyssey Marine Exploration's net margin of -6.11%. Odyssey Marine Exploration's return on equity of 0.30% beat EuroDry's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Odyssey Marine Exploration	N/A	N/A	N/A
EuroDry	-6.11%	0.30%	0.17%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, OMEX or EDRY?

EuroDry has higher revenue and earnings than Odyssey Marine Exploration.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Odyssey Marine Exploration	$1.34M	52.63	-$23.14M	N/A	N/A
EuroDry	$47.59M	1.23	-$2.91M	-$1.04	-19.79

Does the media refer more to OMEX or EDRY?

In the previous week, EuroDry had 1 more articles in the media than Odyssey Marine Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for EuroDry and 1 mentions for Odyssey Marine Exploration. EuroDry's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Odyssey Marine Exploration's score of -1.00 indicating that Odyssey Marine Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Odyssey Marine Exploration	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EuroDry	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Which has more risk & volatility, OMEX or EDRY?

Odyssey Marine Exploration has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EuroDry has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend OMEX or EDRY?

EuroDry has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 45.77%. Given Odyssey Marine Exploration's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EuroDry is more favorable than Odyssey Marine Exploration.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Odyssey Marine Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
EuroDry	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

EuroDry beats Odyssey Marine Exploration on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.