SHIP vs. SB, VLRS, ULH, CVLG, FIP, ASC, ESEA, CLCO, BLDE, and FLYX
Should you be buying Seanergy Maritime stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seanergy Maritime include Safe Bulkers (SB), Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion (VLRS), Universal Logistics (ULH), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), FTAI Infrastructure (FIP), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Euroseas (ESEA), Cool (CLCO), Blade Air Mobility (BLDE), and flyExclusive (FLYX). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Seanergy Maritime vs. Its Competitors
Seanergy Maritime (NASDAQ:SHIP) and Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
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.
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.
Seanergy Maritime currently has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.18%. Safe Bulkers has a consensus target price of $4.47, indicating a potential downside of 2.15%. Given Seanergy Maritime's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Seanergy Maritime is more favorable than Safe Bulkers.
29.4% of Seanergy Maritime shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.7% of Safe Bulkers shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Seanergy Maritime shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 40.3% of Safe Bulkers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Seanergy Maritime pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Safe Bulkers pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Seanergy Maritime pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Safe Bulkers pays out 46.5% 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.
In the previous week, Safe Bulkers had 1 more articles in the media than Seanergy Maritime. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Safe Bulkers and 1 mentions for Seanergy Maritime. Seanergy Maritime's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Safe Bulkers' score of 0.94 indicating that Seanergy Maritime is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Seanergy Maritime has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safe Bulkers has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Safe Bulkers beats Seanergy Maritime on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SHIP) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff