ESEA vs. ZIM, ARCB, CMRE, NMM, UP, FLNG, LPG, CCEC, GSL, and ULCC
Should you be buying Euroseas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Euroseas include ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), ArcBest (ARCB), Costamare (CMRE), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), Wheels Up Experience (UP), Flex LNG (FLNG), Dorian LPG (LPG), Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC), Global Ship Lease (GSL), and Frontier Group (ULCC). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Euroseas vs. Its Competitors
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE:ZIM) and Euroseas (NASDAQ:ESEA) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has higher revenue and earnings than Euroseas. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Euroseas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services had 5 more articles in the media than Euroseas. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services and 2 mentions for Euroseas. Euroseas' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' score of 0.50 indicating that Euroseas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
21.4% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of Euroseas shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.9% of Euroseas shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Euroseas pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services pays out 1.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Euroseas pays out 16.5% 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. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and 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.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services currently has a consensus target price of $14.62, suggesting a potential upside of 6.79%. Euroseas has a consensus target price of $62.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.88%. Given Euroseas' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Euroseas is more favorable than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Euroseas has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Euroseas has a net margin of 53.75% compared to ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' net margin of 23.37%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' return on equity of 50.61% beat Euroseas' return on equity.
Summary
Euroseas beats ZIM Integrated Shipping Services on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ESEA) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
