MESA vs. SMHI, DLNG, SRFM, SHIP, SPCE, CRGO, NCT, TOUR, HMR, 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), Dynagas LNG Partners (DLNG), Surf Air Mobility (SRFM), Seanergy Maritime (SHIP), Virgin Galactic (SPCE), Freightos (CRGO), Intercont (Cayman) (NCT), Tuniu (TOUR), Heidmar Maritime (HMR), and Imperial Petroleum (IMPP). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Mesa Air Group vs. Its Competitors
Mesa Air Group (NASDAQ:MESA) and SEACOR Marine (NYSE:SMHI) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Mesa Air Group has a beta of 2.96, meaning that its stock price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEACOR Marine has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Mesa Air Group had 3 more articles in the media than SEACOR Marine. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Mesa Air Group and 0 mentions for SEACOR Marine. Mesa Air Group's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat SEACOR Marine's score of 0.00 indicating that Mesa Air Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SEACOR Marine has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
SEACOR Marine has a net margin of -26.71% compared to Mesa Air Group's net margin of -51.42%. SEACOR Marine's return on equity of -14.56% beat Mesa Air Group's return on equity.
13.3% of Mesa Air Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.1% of SEACOR Marine shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Mesa Air Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of SEACOR Marine shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
SEACOR Marine beats Mesa Air Group on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:MESA) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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