Seanergy Maritime (NASDAQ:SHIP) and Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE:GNK) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations for Seanergy Maritime and Genco Shipping & Trading, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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Seanergy Maritime | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 |
Genco Shipping & Trading | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.80 |
Seanergy Maritime presently has a consensus price target of $0.90, indicating a potential downside of 2.81%. Genco Shipping & Trading has a consensus price target of $11.2250, indicating a potential upside of 5.30%. Given Genco Shipping & Trading's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Genco Shipping & Trading is more favorable than Seanergy Maritime.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
8.3% of Seanergy Maritime shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.6% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Seanergy Maritime and Genco Shipping & Trading's revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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Seanergy Maritime | $86.50 million | 1.62 | $-11,700,000.00 | ($12.16) | -0.08 |
Genco Shipping & Trading | $389.50 million | 1.15 | $-55,990,000.00 | ($0.67) | -15.96 |
Seanergy Maritime has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Genco Shipping & Trading. Genco Shipping & Trading is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seanergy Maritime, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Seanergy Maritime and Genco Shipping & Trading's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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Seanergy Maritime | -18.54% | -26.38% | -4.47% |
Genco Shipping & Trading | -43.05% | -2.43% | -1.51% |
Volatility & Risk
Seanergy Maritime has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genco Shipping & Trading has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Genco Shipping & Trading beats Seanergy Maritime on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.