Costamare (CMRE) Competitors

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

Is CMRE or DAC more profitable?

Danaos has a net margin of 46.33% compared to Costamare's net margin of 15.27%. Danaos' return on equity of 14.66% beat Costamare's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Costamare	15.27%	13.44%	6.61%
Danaos	46.33%	14.66%	11.65%

Do analysts prefer CMRE or DAC?

Costamare currently has a consensus price target of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 46.18%. Danaos has a consensus price target of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.85%. Given Costamare's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Costamare is more favorable than Danaos.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Costamare	0 Sell rating(s)	2 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

Which has more risk and volatility, CMRE or DAC?

Costamare has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Danaos has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CMRE or DAC?

In the previous week, Costamare had 1 more articles in the media than Danaos. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Costamare and 2 mentions for Danaos. Costamare's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Danaos' score of 0.14 indicating that Costamare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CMRE or DAC?

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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CMRE or DAC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Costamare	$2.08B	0.53	$319.92M	$2.44	3.78
Danaos	$1.01B	1.68	$505.07M	$24.36	3.69

Is CMRE or DAC a better dividend stock?

Costamare pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Danaos pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Costamare pays out 18.9% 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.