Euroseas (ESEA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESEA) is a shipping company that owns and operates containerships. The company primarily focuses on feeder and intermediate-size vessels, which transport containerized cargo on regional and international trade routes and connect smaller ports with major shipping hubs.

Euroseas charters its vessels to liner companies and other customers under a combination of time-charter and voyage arrangements. Its fleet serves global container transportation markets, with operations managed from Greece and vessels registered under international shipping jurisdictions.

Founded in 2005, Euroseas is led by Aristides Pittas, who serves as chairman and chief executive officer. The company is part of the Eurobulk shipping group and has historically operated vessels serving both container and dry-bulk markets, although its current business is primarily focused on containerships.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $71.04 to $72.57
• 50-Day Range: $69.21 to $79.39
• 52-Week Range: $51.00 to $79.67
• Volume: 44,461 shs
• Average Volume: 59,521 shs
• Market Capitalization: $503.52 million
• P/E Ratio: 3.67
• Dividend Yield: 4.49%
• Price Target: $93.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Euroseas Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Euroseas scored higher than 87% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 178th out of 666 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Euroseas has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Euroseas has a consensus price target of $93.00, representing about 29.8% upside from its current price of $71.63.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Euroseas has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Euroseas is 3.69, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.79.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Euroseas is 3.69, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.19.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Euroseas has a P/B Ratio of 1.08. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.79% of the float of Euroseas has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Euroseas has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.71, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Euroseas has recently increased by 66.24%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Euroseas is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.62%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Euroseas has only been increasing its dividend for 3 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Euroseas is 16.47%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.72

News Sentiment

Euroseas has a news sentiment score of 0.72. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.59 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Euroseas this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Euroseas to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Euroseas insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $75,050.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

55.90% of the stock of Euroseas is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

6.27% of the stock of Euroseas is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/13/2026
• Record date for 9/16 Dividend: 9/09/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/16 Dividend: 9/09/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/16/2026
• Today: 9/30/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/17/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Marine Transportation
• Sub-Industry: Marine Transportation
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:ESEA
• CIK: 1341170
• Web: www.euroseas.gr
• Phone: 302111804005
• Fax: 30 21 1180 4097
• Employees: 365
• Year Founded: 2005

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Euroseas: $93.00
• High Price Target: $93.00
• Low Price Target: $93.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +29.7%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $19.43
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 3.69
• Forward P/E Ratio: 3.98
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $136.97 million
• Net Margins: 59.98%
• Pretax Margin: 59.71%
• Return on Equity: 26.58%
• Return on Assets: 17.77%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.36
• Current Ratio: 5.46
• Quick Ratio: 5.38

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $227.87 million
• Price / Sales: 2.22
• Cash Flow: $21.09 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.40
• Book Value: $66.14 per share
• Price / Book: 1.08

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 7,060,000
• Free Float: 3,111,000
• Market Cap: $506.24 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.41