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.
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.
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.
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.
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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This page (NYSE:CMRE) was last updated on 9/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff