Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, VRSK or OMEX?

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
Verisk Analytics	$2.93B	14.98	$614.60M	$6.83	45.94
Odyssey Marine Exploration	$700.61K	39.99	$5.35M	N/A	N/A

Is VRSK or OMEX 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
Verisk Analytics	32.65%	274.13%	20.34%
Odyssey Marine Exploration	1,556.13%	-11.51%	43.76%

Do analysts recommend VRSK or OMEX?

Verisk Analytics currently has a consensus target price of $302.40, suggesting a potential downside of 3.62%. Given Verisk Analytics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Verisk Analytics is more favorable than Odyssey Marine Exploration.

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in VRSK or OMEX?

90.0% of Verisk Analytics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Verisk Analytics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, VRSK or OMEX?

Verisk Analytics has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Odyssey Marine Exploration has a beta of -0.77, suggesting that its share price is 177% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VRSK or OMEX?

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

Does the media prefer VRSK or OMEX?

In the previous week, Verisk Analytics had 32 more articles in the media than Odyssey Marine Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Verisk Analytics and 0 mentions for Odyssey Marine Exploration. Verisk Analytics' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Odyssey Marine Exploration's score of 0.00 indicating that Verisk Analytics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Verisk Analytics	Very Positive
Odyssey Marine Exploration	Neutral

Summary

Verisk Analytics beats Odyssey Marine Exploration on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.