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SEACOR Marine (SMHI) Competitors

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$6.74 +1.07 (+18.84%)
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SMHI vs. SB, ASC, ESEA, CLCO, BLDE, PANL, PAMT, GASS, KNOP, and PAL

Should you be buying SEACOR Marine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SEACOR Marine include Safe Bulkers (SB), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Euroseas (ESEA), Cool (CLCO), Blade Air Mobility (BLDE), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), PAMT (PAMT), StealthGas (GASS), KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP), and Proficient Auto Logistics (PAL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

SEACOR Marine vs. Its Competitors

SEACOR Marine (NYSE:SMHI) and Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

SEACOR Marine has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safe Bulkers has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, SEACOR Marine had 6 more articles in the media than Safe Bulkers. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for SEACOR Marine and 2 mentions for Safe Bulkers. Safe Bulkers' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat SEACOR Marine's score of 0.04 indicating that Safe Bulkers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SEACOR Marine
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Safe Bulkers
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Safe Bulkers has higher revenue and earnings than SEACOR Marine. SEACOR Marine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safe Bulkers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SEACOR Marine$271.36M0.67-$78.12M-$2.35-2.87
Safe Bulkers$277.51M1.52$97.38M$0.439.59

Safe Bulkers has a net margin of 19.25% compared to SEACOR Marine's net margin of -25.40%. Safe Bulkers' return on equity of 5.80% beat SEACOR Marine's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SEACOR Marine-25.40% -13.47% -5.63%
Safe Bulkers 19.25%5.80%3.45%

59.1% of SEACOR Marine shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.7% of Safe Bulkers shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.4% of SEACOR Marine shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.3% of Safe Bulkers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Safe Bulkers has a consensus price target of $4.47, suggesting a potential upside of 8.28%. Given Safe Bulkers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Safe Bulkers is more favorable than SEACOR Marine.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SEACOR Marine
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Safe Bulkers
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Safe Bulkers beats SEACOR Marine on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SMHI vs. The Competition

MetricSEACOR MarineTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$152.96M$2.68B$7.23B$20.70B
Dividend YieldN/A4.90%706.08%3.67%
P/E Ratio-2.878.7313.4228.65
Price / Sales0.672.66532.5168.99
Price / Cash20.504.307.7923.59
Price / Book0.680.822.124.32
Net Income-$78.12M$527.30M$571.16M$995.66M
7 Day Performance40.08%3.08%2.74%1.91%
1 Month Performance22.96%2.38%0.24%-0.54%
1 Year Performance-37.96%-15.90%3.85%14.76%

SEACOR Marine Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SMHI
SEACOR Marine
0.8503 of 5 stars
$6.74
+18.8%
N/A-35.3%$152.96M$271.36M-2.871,239News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SB
Safe Bulkers
3.9455 of 5 stars
$4.23
-0.4%
$4.47
+5.7%
-12.4%$446.47M$307.63M6.31920
ASC
Ardmore Shipping
4.28 of 5 stars
$10.49
+2.6%
$13.67
+30.3%
-44.0%$415.18M$405.78M4.60990
ESEA
Euroseas
4.0401 of 5 stars
$51.72
-0.1%
$61.00
+17.9%
+27.7%$362.70M$212.90M2.79360News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
CLCO
Cool
3.1871 of 5 stars
$7.04
+5.4%
N/A-34.3%$358.74M$320.76M10.351,647High Trading Volume
BLDE
Blade Air Mobility
3.0623 of 5 stars
$4.36
+1.4%
$6.25
+43.3%
+36.1%$348.37M$248.69M-12.82130Earnings Report
Insider Trade
PANL
Pangaea Logistics Solutions
2.6567 of 5 stars
$5.05
-0.2%
N/A-25.6%$332.05M$536.54M14.85570News Coverage
Earnings Report
PAMT
PAMT
0.5029 of 5 stars
$13.30
-3.3%
$12.50
-6.0%
N/A$299.66M$714.65M-6.132,304High Trading Volume
GASS
StealthGas
3.291 of 5 stars
$6.86
+2.1%
N/A+16.3%$248.50M$167.26M3.81N/A
KNOP
KNOT Offshore Partners
2.5737 of 5 stars
$7.00
-0.1%
N/A+2.8%$240.43M$318.60M17.07640
PAL
Proficient Auto Logistics
1.9295 of 5 stars
$8.19
+0.9%
$16.00
+95.4%
-67.3%$219.80M$240.85M0.00601Upcoming Earnings

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