Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX) Competitors

Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ:OMEX) and Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Do analysts recommend OMEX or VRSK?

Verisk Analytics has a consensus price target of $302.40, indicating a potential downside of 2.58%. Given Verisk Analytics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Verisk Analytics is more favorable than Odyssey Marine Exploration.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Odyssey Marine Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Verisk Analytics	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Does the media prefer OMEX or VRSK?

In the previous week, Verisk Analytics had 10 more articles in the media than Odyssey Marine Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Verisk Analytics and 4 mentions for Odyssey Marine Exploration. Odyssey Marine Exploration's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Verisk Analytics' score of 1.07 indicating that Odyssey Marine Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Odyssey Marine Exploration	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Verisk Analytics	8 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, OMEX or VRSK?

Verisk Analytics has higher revenue and earnings than Odyssey Marine Exploration.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Odyssey Marine Exploration	$700.61K	49.87	$5.35M	N/A	N/A
Verisk Analytics	$2.93B	14.82	$614.60M	$6.83	45.45

Which has more volatility and risk, OMEX or VRSK?

Odyssey Marine Exploration has a beta of -0.92, meaning that its stock price is 192% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verisk Analytics has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OMEX or VRSK more profitable?

Odyssey Marine Exploration has a net margin of 1,556.13% compared to Verisk Analytics' net margin of 32.65%. Verisk Analytics' return on equity of 274.13% beat Odyssey Marine Exploration's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Odyssey Marine Exploration	1,556.13%	-11.51%	43.76%
Verisk Analytics	32.65%	274.13%	20.34%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of OMEX or VRSK?

50.0% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Verisk Analytics shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Verisk Analytics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OMEX or VRSK?

Verisk Analytics received 405 more outperform votes than Odyssey Marine Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.69% of users gave Verisk Analytics an outperform vote while only 50.67% of users gave Odyssey Marine Exploration an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Odyssey Marine Exploration	Outperform Votes 152 50.67%	Underperform Votes 148 49.33%
Verisk Analytics	Outperform Votes 557 64.69%	Underperform Votes 304 35.31%

Summary

Verisk Analytics beats Odyssey Marine Exploration on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.