SMHI vs. FIP, SNCY, ULH, CVLG, CLCO, ASC, SB, ESEA, FLYX, and PANL
Should you be buying SEACOR Marine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SEACOR Marine include FTAI Infrastructure (FIP), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), Universal Logistics (ULH), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), Cool (CLCO), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Safe Bulkers (SB), Euroseas (ESEA), flyExclusive (FLYX), and Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
SEACOR Marine vs. Its Competitors
SEACOR Marine (NYSE:SMHI) and FTAI Infrastructure (NASDAQ:FIP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and valuation.
59.1% of SEACOR Marine shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of FTAI Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.6% of SEACOR Marine shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of FTAI Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
FTAI Infrastructure has a net margin of -20.85% compared to SEACOR Marine's net margin of -25.40%. FTAI Infrastructure's return on equity of -10.14% beat SEACOR Marine's return on equity.
SEACOR Marine presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.88%. FTAI Infrastructure has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 118.58%. Given FTAI Infrastructure's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FTAI Infrastructure is more favorable than SEACOR Marine.
SEACOR Marine has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FTAI Infrastructure. FTAI Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SEACOR Marine, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, FTAI Infrastructure had 2 more articles in the media than SEACOR Marine. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for FTAI Infrastructure and 2 mentions for SEACOR Marine. FTAI Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat SEACOR Marine's score of 0.30 indicating that FTAI Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SEACOR Marine has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTAI Infrastructure has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
FTAI Infrastructure beats SEACOR Marine on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:SMHI) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
