ESEA vs. GASS, SHIP, HSHP, PANL, DSX, CPLP, SMHI, IMPP, TORO, and TOPS
Should you be buying Euroseas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Euroseas include StealthGas (GASS), Seanergy Maritime (SHIP), Himalaya Shipping (HSHP), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), Diana Shipping (DSX), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), Imperial Petroleum (IMPP), Toro (TORO), and Top Ships (TOPS). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
StealthGas (NASDAQ:GASS) and Euroseas (NASDAQ:ESEA) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
66.3% of StealthGas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of Euroseas shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.1% of StealthGas 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 is poised for long-term growth.
Euroseas has higher revenue and earnings than StealthGas. Euroseas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than StealthGas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
StealthGas received 48 more outperform votes than Euroseas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.13% of users gave StealthGas an outperform vote while only 64.71% of users gave Euroseas an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Euroseas had 1 more articles in the media than StealthGas. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Euroseas and 2 mentions for StealthGas. StealthGas' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Euroseas' score of 0.38 indicating that Euroseas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
StealthGas has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Euroseas has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Euroseas has a net margin of 60.50% compared to Euroseas' net margin of 36.19%. StealthGas' return on equity of 45.15% beat Euroseas' return on equity.
StealthGas presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.23%. Given Euroseas' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe StealthGas is more favorable than Euroseas.
Summary
Euroseas beats StealthGas on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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