Top Ships (TOPS) Competitors

SEACOR Marine (NYSE:SMHI) and Top Ships (NASDAQ:TOPS) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is SMHI or TOPS more profitable?

Top Ships has a net margin of 0.00% compared to SEACOR Marine's net margin of -16.81%. Top Ships' return on equity of 0.00% beat SEACOR Marine's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SEACOR Marine	-16.81%	-13.32%	-6.25%
Top Ships	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SMHI or TOPS?

Top Ships received 120 more outperform votes than SEACOR Marine when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.67% of users gave SEACOR Marine an outperform vote while only 56.72% of users gave Top Ships an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SEACOR Marine	Outperform Votes 108 64.67%	Underperform Votes 59 35.33%
Top Ships	Outperform Votes 228 56.72%	Underperform Votes 174 43.28%

Which has more risk & volatility, SMHI or TOPS?

SEACOR Marine has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Top Ships has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SMHI or TOPS?

In the previous week, SEACOR Marine had 4 more articles in the media than Top Ships. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for SEACOR Marine and 1 mentions for Top Ships. SEACOR Marine's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Top Ships' score of 0.00 indicating that SEACOR Marine is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SEACOR Marine	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Top Ships	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, SMHI or TOPS?

Top Ships has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SEACOR Marine.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SEACOR Marine	$264.09M	0.61	-$9.31M	-$2.54	-2.37
Top Ships	$86.13M	0.52	$6.07M	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SMHI or TOPS?

59.0% of SEACOR Marine shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of Top Ships shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.4% of SEACOR Marine shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Top Ships shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

SEACOR Marine beats Top Ships on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.