Euroseas (ESEA) Competitors

Costamare (NYSE:CMRE) and Euroseas (NASDAQ:ESEA) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

Is CMRE or ESEA a better dividend stock?

Costamare pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Euroseas pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Costamare pays out 18.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Euroseas pays out 16.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Euroseas has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Euroseas is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend CMRE or ESEA?

Costamare currently has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 48.35%. Euroseas has a consensus target price of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 37.80%. Given Costamare's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Costamare is more favorable than Euroseas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Costamare	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Euroseas	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Does the media favor CMRE or ESEA?

In the previous week, Euroseas had 10 more articles in the media than Costamare. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Euroseas and 1 mentions for Costamare. Euroseas' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Costamare's score of 0.61 indicating that Euroseas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Costamare	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Euroseas	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, CMRE or ESEA?

Costamare has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Euroseas has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, CMRE or ESEA?

Costamare has higher revenue and earnings than Euroseas. Euroseas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Costamare, 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
Costamare	$2.05B	0.53	$319.92M	$2.44	3.73
Euroseas	$212.90M	1.43	$114.55M	$16.15	2.70

Is CMRE or ESEA more profitable?

Euroseas has a net margin of 54.21% compared to Costamare's net margin of 15.14%. Euroseas' return on equity of 34.73% beat Costamare's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Costamare	15.14%	14.03%	6.67%
Euroseas	54.21%	34.73%	20.86%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CMRE or ESEA?

58.1% of Costamare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of Euroseas shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.2% of Costamare shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 55.9% of Euroseas shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CMRE or ESEA?

Costamare received 90 more outperform votes than Euroseas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.94% of users gave Euroseas an outperform vote while only 52.15% of users gave Costamare an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Costamare	Outperform Votes 340 52.15%	Underperform Votes 312 47.85%
Euroseas	Outperform Votes 250 64.94%	Underperform Votes 135 35.06%

Summary

Euroseas beats Costamare on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.