SMHI vs. GNK, VLRS, SB, ASC, CLCO, PANL, BLDE, ESEA, PAMT, and HSHP
Should you be buying SEACOR Marine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SEACOR Marine include Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS), Safe Bulkers (SB), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Cool (CLCO), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), Blade Air Mobility (BLDE), Euroseas (ESEA), Pamt (PAMT), and Himalaya Shipping (HSHP). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
SEACOR Marine vs. Its Competitors
SEACOR Marine (NYSE:SMHI) and Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE:GNK) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.
SEACOR Marine has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genco Shipping & Trading has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Genco Shipping & Trading received 220 more outperform votes than SEACOR Marine when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.67% of users gave SEACOR Marine an outperform vote while only 61.89% of users gave Genco Shipping & Trading an outperform vote.
Genco Shipping & Trading has a net margin of 18.06% compared to SEACOR Marine's net margin of -16.81%. Genco Shipping & Trading's return on equity of 7.82% beat SEACOR Marine's return on equity.
59.0% of SEACOR Marine shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of SEACOR Marine shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, SEACOR Marine had 1 more articles in the media than Genco Shipping & Trading. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for SEACOR Marine and 3 mentions for Genco Shipping & Trading. Genco Shipping & Trading's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat SEACOR Marine's score of 0.47 indicating that Genco Shipping & Trading is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Genco Shipping & Trading has a consensus price target of $20.75, indicating a potential upside of 46.85%. Given Genco Shipping & Trading's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Genco Shipping & Trading is more favorable than SEACOR Marine.
SEACOR Marine has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Genco Shipping & Trading. SEACOR Marine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genco Shipping & Trading, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Genco Shipping & Trading beats SEACOR Marine on 13 of the 19 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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This page (NYSE:SMHI) was last updated on 6/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
