ESEA vs. CMRE, FLNG, UP, NMM, CCEC, LPG, NVGS, GSL, VTOL, and ULCC
Should you be buying Euroseas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Euroseas include Costamare (CMRE), Flex LNG (FLNG), Wheels Up Experience (UP), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC), Dorian LPG (LPG), Navigator (NVGS), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Bristow Group (VTOL), and Frontier Group (ULCC). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Euroseas vs. Its Competitors
Euroseas (NASDAQ:ESEA) and Costamare (NYSE:CMRE) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, Costamare had 2 more articles in the media than Euroseas. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Costamare and 3 mentions for Euroseas. Costamare's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Euroseas' score of 0.12 indicating that Costamare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Euroseas has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Costamare has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Euroseas has a net margin of 53.75% compared to Costamare's net margin of 17.10%. Euroseas' return on equity of 28.56% beat Costamare's return on equity.
Euroseas currently has a consensus price target of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.73%. Costamare has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.90%. Given Costamare's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Costamare is more favorable than Euroseas.
6.3% of Euroseas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.1% of Costamare shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.9% of Euroseas shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.2% of Costamare shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Euroseas pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Costamare pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Euroseas pays out 16.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Costamare pays out 19.5% 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 increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Euroseas is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Euroseas beats Costamare on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ESEA) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff