ESEA vs. GRIN, GASS, SHIP, HSHP, SMHI, IMPP, CTRM, PXS, CPLP, and OSG
Should you be buying Euroseas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Euroseas include Grindrod Shipping (GRIN), StealthGas (GASS), Seanergy Maritime (SHIP), Himalaya Shipping (HSHP), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), Imperial Petroleum (IMPP), Castor Maritime (CTRM), Pyxis Tankers (PXS), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), and Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Euroseas vs.
Grindrod Shipping (NASDAQ:GRIN) and Euroseas (NASDAQ:ESEA) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Euroseas received 211 more outperform votes than Grindrod Shipping when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.86% of users gave Grindrod Shipping an outperform vote while only 64.03% of users gave Euroseas an outperform vote.
Grindrod Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Euroseas pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Grindrod Shipping pays out 3.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Euroseas pays out 13.6% 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.
In the previous week, Euroseas had 1 more articles in the media than Grindrod Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Euroseas and 1 mentions for Grindrod Shipping. Grindrod Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Euroseas' score of 0.15 indicating that Grindrod Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Grindrod Shipping has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Euroseas has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Euroseas has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Grindrod Shipping. Euroseas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grindrod Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Euroseas has a net margin of 58.61% compared to Grindrod Shipping's net margin of 16.41%. Euroseas' return on equity of 55.54% beat Grindrod Shipping's return on equity.
Grindrod Shipping currently has a consensus price target of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 263.22%. Euroseas has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.01%. Given Grindrod Shipping's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Grindrod Shipping is more favorable than Euroseas.
43.1% of Grindrod Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.1% of Euroseas shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Grindrod Shipping shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 55.9% of Euroseas shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Euroseas beats Grindrod Shipping on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ESEA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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