Costamare (CMRE) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, DAC or CMRE?

Danaos has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Costamare has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DAC or CMRE a better dividend stock?

Danaos pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Costamare pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. 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.

Does the media refer more to DAC or CMRE?

In the previous week, Danaos had 7 more articles in the media than Costamare. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Danaos and 4 mentions for Costamare. Danaos' average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Costamare's score of 0.35 indicating that Danaos is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do analysts rate DAC or CMRE?

Danaos currently has a consensus target price of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.22%. Costamare has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.54%. 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
Danaos	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Costamare	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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	1.77	$505.07M	$24.25	3.89
Costamare	$2.08B	0.63	$319.92M	$2.36	4.61

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%

Summary

Danaos beats Costamare on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.