Navios Maritime (NM) Competitors

Castor Maritime (NASDAQ:CTRM) and Navios Maritime (NYSE:NM) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Which has more risk and volatility, CTRM or NM?

Castor Maritime has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Navios Maritime has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CTRM or NM?

Castor Maritime has higher revenue and earnings than Navios Maritime. Castor Maritime is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Navios Maritime, 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
Castor Maritime	$262.10M	0.15	$118.56M	$0.95	0.43
Navios Maritime	$255.40M	0.17	$87.31M	$1.66	1.14

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CTRM or NM?

Navios Maritime received 283 more outperform votes than Castor Maritime when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.50% of users gave Castor Maritime an outperform vote while only 54.30% of users gave Navios Maritime an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Castor Maritime	Outperform Votes 14 87.50%	Underperform Votes 2 12.50%
Navios Maritime	Outperform Votes 297 54.30%	Underperform Votes 250 45.70%

Does the media prefer CTRM or NM?

In the previous week, Castor Maritime and Castor Maritime both had 2 articles in the media. Navios Maritime's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Castor Maritime's score of -0.50 indicating that Castor Maritime is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Castor Maritime	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Navios Maritime	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Is CTRM or NM more profitable?

Castor Maritime has a net margin of 47.36% compared to Castor Maritime's net margin of 26.10%. Castor Maritime's return on equity of 63.17% beat Navios Maritime's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Castor Maritime	47.36%	16.13%	12.09%
Navios Maritime	26.10%	63.17%	10.61%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CTRM or NM?

1.1% of Castor Maritime shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.2% of Navios Maritime shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend CTRM or NM?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Castor Maritime	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Navios Maritime	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Navios Maritime beats Castor Maritime on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.