Seanergy Maritime (SHIP) Competitors

Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB) and Seanergy Maritime (NASDAQ:SHIP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Is SB or SHIP a better dividend stock?

Safe Bulkers pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Seanergy Maritime pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Safe Bulkers pays out 46.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Seanergy Maritime pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SB or SHIP?

Safe Bulkers has higher revenue and earnings than Seanergy Maritime. Safe Bulkers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seanergy Maritime, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Safe Bulkers	$277.51M	1.57	$97.38M	$0.43	9.87
Seanergy Maritime	$167.46M	1.00	$43.47M	$0.73	11.00

Do analysts prefer SB or SHIP?

Safe Bulkers presently has a consensus price target of $4.47, suggesting a potential upside of 5.22%. Seanergy Maritime has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.99%. Given Seanergy Maritime's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Seanergy Maritime is more favorable than Safe Bulkers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Safe Bulkers	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Seanergy Maritime	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is SB or SHIP more profitable?

Safe Bulkers has a net margin of 19.25% compared to Seanergy Maritime's net margin of 10.17%. Safe Bulkers' return on equity of 5.80% beat Seanergy Maritime's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Safe Bulkers	19.25%	5.80%	3.45%
Seanergy Maritime	10.17%	5.70%	2.60%

Does the media refer more to SB or SHIP?

In the previous week, Safe Bulkers and Safe Bulkers both had 3 articles in the media. Safe Bulkers' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Seanergy Maritime's score of 0.44 indicating that Safe Bulkers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Safe Bulkers	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Seanergy Maritime	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SB or SHIP?

21.7% of Safe Bulkers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.4% of Seanergy Maritime shares are held by institutional investors. 40.3% of Safe Bulkers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Seanergy Maritime shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, SB or SHIP?

Safe Bulkers has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seanergy Maritime has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Safe Bulkers beats Seanergy Maritime on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.