SBLK vs. CMRE, DAC, NVGS, VRRM, HAFN, GBTG, INSW, UP, BWLP, and ZIM
Should you be buying Star Bulk Carriers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Star Bulk Carriers include Costamare (CMRE), Danaos (DAC), Navigator (NVGS), Verra Mobility (VRRM), Hafnia (HAFN), Global Business Travel Group (GBTG), International Seaways (INSW), Wheels Up Experience (UP), BW LPG (BWLP), and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM).
Costamare (NYSE:CMRE) and Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ:SBLK) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Costamare pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Star Bulk Carriers pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. Costamare pays out 17.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Star Bulk Carriers pays out 135.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Costamare has higher revenue and earnings than Star Bulk Carriers. Costamare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Star Bulk Carriers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Costamare presently has a consensus price target of $12.33, suggesting a potential downside of 11.27%. Star Bulk Carriers has a consensus price target of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.74%. Given Costamare's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Star Bulk Carriers is more favorable than Costamare.
Star Bulk Carriers has a net margin of 20.57% compared to Star Bulk Carriers' net margin of 19.26%. Star Bulk Carriers' return on equity of 12.61% beat Costamare's return on equity.
Star Bulk Carriers received 143 more outperform votes than Costamare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.59% of users gave Star Bulk Carriers an outperform vote while only 52.74% of users gave Costamare an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Costamare had 1 more articles in the media than Star Bulk Carriers. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Costamare and 6 mentions for Star Bulk Carriers. Star Bulk Carriers' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Costamare's score of 0.28 indicating that Costamare is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Costamare has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Star Bulk Carriers has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
58.1% of Costamare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.9% of Star Bulk Carriers shares are held by institutional investors. 23.2% of Costamare shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Star Bulk Carriers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Costamare and Star Bulk Carriers tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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