MESA vs. SMHI, FLX, DLNG, SHIP, SPCE, CRGO, TOUR, NCT, YGMZ, and IMPP
Should you be buying Mesa Air Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mesa Air Group include SEACOR Marine (SMHI), BingEx (FLX), Dynagas LNG Partners (DLNG), Seanergy Maritime (SHIP), Virgin Galactic (SPCE), Freightos (CRGO), Tuniu (TOUR), Intercont (Cayman) (NCT), MingZhu Logistics (YGMZ), and Imperial Petroleum (IMPP). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Mesa Air Group vs. Its Competitors
SEACOR Marine (NYSE:SMHI) and Mesa Air Group (NASDAQ:MESA) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.
SEACOR Marine has a net margin of -16.81% compared to Mesa Air Group's net margin of -19.86%. SEACOR Marine's return on equity of -13.32% beat Mesa Air Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, SEACOR Marine had 2 more articles in the media than Mesa Air Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SEACOR Marine and 1 mentions for Mesa Air Group. Mesa Air Group's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat SEACOR Marine's score of 0.78 indicating that Mesa Air Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SEACOR Marine has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mesa Air Group has a beta of 3.02, meaning that its share price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SEACOR Marine has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mesa Air Group. SEACOR Marine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mesa Air Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
59.0% of SEACOR Marine shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.3% of Mesa Air Group shares are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of SEACOR Marine shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Mesa Air Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Mesa Air Group received 84 more outperform votes than SEACOR Marine when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.06% of users gave SEACOR Marine an outperform vote while only 56.97% of users gave Mesa Air Group an outperform vote.
Summary
SEACOR Marine beats Mesa Air Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MESA) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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