KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP) Competitors

KNOT Offshore Partners (NYSE:KNOP) and Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ:OMEX) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do analysts rate KNOP or OMEX?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KNOT Offshore Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Odyssey Marine Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media prefer KNOP or OMEX?

In the previous week, KNOT Offshore Partners had 2 more articles in the media than Odyssey Marine Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for KNOT Offshore Partners and 1 mentions for Odyssey Marine Exploration. Odyssey Marine Exploration's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat KNOT Offshore Partners' score of 0.55 indicating that Odyssey Marine Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
KNOT Offshore Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Odyssey Marine Exploration	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, KNOP or OMEX?

Odyssey Marine Exploration has lower revenue, but higher earnings than KNOT Offshore Partners.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
KNOT Offshore Partners	$290.72M	0.60	-$33.57M	-$1.02	-5.01
Odyssey Marine Exploration	$1.34M	55.17	-$23.14M	N/A	N/A

Is KNOP or OMEX more profitable?

Odyssey Marine Exploration has a net margin of 0.00% compared to KNOT Offshore Partners' net margin of -11.81%. KNOT Offshore Partners' return on equity of 2.86% beat Odyssey Marine Exploration's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KNOT Offshore Partners	-11.81%	2.86%	0.93%
Odyssey Marine Exploration	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in KNOP or OMEX?

26.8% of KNOT Offshore Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, KNOP or OMEX?

KNOT Offshore Partners has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Odyssey Marine Exploration has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KNOP or OMEX?

KNOT Offshore Partners received 155 more outperform votes than Odyssey Marine Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.91% of users gave KNOT Offshore Partners an outperform vote while only 54.87% of users gave Odyssey Marine Exploration an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
KNOT Offshore Partners	Outperform Votes 307 62.91%	Underperform Votes 181 37.09%
Odyssey Marine Exploration	Outperform Votes 152 54.87%	Underperform Votes 125 45.13%

Summary

KNOT Offshore Partners beats Odyssey Marine Exploration on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.