Costamare (CMRE) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DAC or CMRE?

19.0% of Danaos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.1% of Costamare shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.0% of Danaos shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.2% of Costamare shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DAC or CMRE a better dividend stock?

Danaos pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Costamare pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Danaos pays out 14.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Costamare pays out 19.5% 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 raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DAC or CMRE?

Danaos has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Danaos	$1.01B	1.63	$505.07M	$24.25	3.58
Costamare	$2.08B	0.65	$319.92M	$2.36	4.74

Which has more risk and volatility, DAC or CMRE?

Danaos has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Costamare has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DAC or CMRE more profitable?

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
Danaos	44.62%	13.88%	10.99%
Costamare	17.10%	13.67%	6.95%

Does the media refer more to DAC or CMRE?

In the previous week, Costamare had 5 more articles in the media than Danaos. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Costamare and 4 mentions for Danaos. Danaos' average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Costamare's score of 0.07 indicating that Danaos is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do analysts prefer DAC or CMRE?

Danaos presently has a consensus target price of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.86%. Costamare has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.18%. Given Danaos' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Danaos is more favorable than Costamare.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Danaos	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Costamare	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Danaos beats Costamare on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.