Costamare (CMRE) Competitors

Costamare (NYSE:CMRE) and Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Is CMRE or SNDR a better dividend stock?

Costamare pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Schneider National pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Costamare pays out 18.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schneider National pays out 54.3% 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. Schneider National has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Costamare is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, CMRE or SNDR?

Costamare has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schneider National has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CMRE or SNDR more profitable?

Costamare has a net margin of 15.14% compared to Schneider National's net margin of 2.21%. Costamare's return on equity of 14.03% beat Schneider National's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Costamare	15.14%	14.03%	6.67%
Schneider National	2.21%	4.12%	2.67%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CMRE or SNDR?

Costamare has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Schneider National. Costamare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schneider National, 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	$2.05B	0.54	$319.92M	$2.44	3.77
Schneider National	$5.37B	0.80	$117M	$0.70	34.90

Does the media favor CMRE or SNDR?

In the previous week, Schneider National had 2 more articles in the media than Costamare. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Schneider National and 1 mentions for Costamare. Costamare's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Schneider National's score of 0.00 indicating that Costamare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CMRE or SNDR?

Schneider National received 94 more outperform votes than Costamare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.45% of users gave Schneider National an outperform vote while only 52.15% of users gave Costamare an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Costamare	Outperform Votes 340 52.15%	Underperform Votes 312 47.85%
Schneider National	Outperform Votes 434 63.45%	Underperform Votes 250 36.55%

Do analysts prefer CMRE or SNDR?

Costamare currently has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 46.90%. Schneider National has a consensus target price of $27.14, indicating a potential upside of 11.10%. Given Costamare's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Costamare is more favorable than Schneider National.

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
Schneider National	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

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

58.1% of Costamare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Schneider National shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.2% of Costamare shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.7% of Schneider National shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Costamare beats Schneider National on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.