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CMRE vs. DAC, GNK, GSL, SB, CUK, OMAB, SNDR, GBTG, VRRM, and PAGP

Should you be buying Costamare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Costamare include Danaos (DAC), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Safe Bulkers (SB), Carnival (CUK), Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMAB), Schneider National (SNDR), Global Business Travel Group (GBTG), Verra Mobility (VRRM), and Plains GP (PAGP). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Costamare vs. Its Competitors

Costamare (NYSE:CMRE) and Danaos (NYSE:DAC) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Costamare currently has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.41%. Danaos has a consensus target price of $105.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.91%. Given Danaos' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Danaos is more favorable than Costamare.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Costamare
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Danaos
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Costamare has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Danaos has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Danaos has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Costamare. Danaos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Costamare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Costamare$2.08B0.67$319.92M$2.364.90
Danaos$1.01B1.73$505.07M$24.253.80

Danaos has a net margin of 44.62% compared to Costamare's net margin of 17.10%. Danaos' return on equity of 13.88% beat Costamare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Costamare17.10% 13.67% 6.95%
Danaos 44.62%13.88%10.99%

58.1% of Costamare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Danaos shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.0% of Danaos shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Costamare had 1 more articles in the media than Danaos. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Costamare and 4 mentions for Danaos. Costamare's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Danaos' score of 1.14 indicating that Costamare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Costamare
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Danaos
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Costamare pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Danaos pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Costamare pays out 19.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Danaos pays out 14.0% 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. Danaos has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Summary

Danaos beats Costamare on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CMRE vs. The Competition

MetricCostamareTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.38B$2.52B$7.31B$21.39B
Dividend Yield4.02%5.03%958.41%3.49%
P/E Ratio4.9010.5913.5929.00
Price / Sales0.673.69448.3348.99
Price / Cash2.404.517.9218.29
Price / Book0.690.922.185.30
Net Income$319.92M$527.30M$571.12M$997.87M
7 Day Performance-1.20%-1.03%-0.23%-0.47%
1 Month Performance12.55%4.09%6.18%6.49%
1 Year Performance-13.69%-12.86%13.17%13.66%

Costamare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMRE
Costamare
3.5719 of 5 stars
$11.57
+1.1%
$13.00
+12.4%
-18.5%$1.38B$2.08B4.902,870News Coverage
Positive News
DAC
Danaos
3.5817 of 5 stars
$91.97
+0.0%
$105.00
+14.2%
+12.4%$1.75B$1.01B3.791,875Positive News
GNK
Genco Shipping & Trading
3.3358 of 5 stars
$16.85
-1.5%
$19.33
+14.7%
-3.4%$723.44M$423.02M60.141,010
GSL
Global Ship Lease
3.044 of 5 stars
$30.06
-0.3%
$30.50
+1.5%
+20.4%$1.07B$711.05M2.797Positive News
SB
Safe Bulkers
4.2896 of 5 stars
$4.25
-0.4%
$4.47
+5.2%
-16.3%$434.86M$307.63M9.87920Positive News
CUK
Carnival
2.4629 of 5 stars
$29.05
-1.7%
N/A+88.5%$5.48B$25.02B15.70115,000News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
OMAB
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte
1.7353 of 5 stars
$102.21
-1.4%
$88.38
-13.5%
+61.6%$4.35B$826.93M18.931,326Positive News
SNDR
Schneider National
4.6878 of 5 stars
$24.70
+0.2%
$27.29
+10.5%
-9.8%$4.33B$5.29B35.2819,400
GBTG
Global Business Travel Group
1.4757 of 5 stars
$8.36
+1.3%
$9.88
+18.2%
+15.9%$3.99B$2.42B0.0018,000News Coverage
Gap Down
VRRM
Verra Mobility
2.8458 of 5 stars
$24.85
-1.3%
$27.88
+12.2%
-10.4%$3.96B$879.21M103.551,879Positive News
PAGP
Plains GP
2.6263 of 5 stars
$19.30
+0.3%
$20.50
+6.2%
-1.0%$3.82B$47.80B36.424,100Positive News
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