Surf Air Mobility (SRFM) Competitors

Surf Air Mobility (NYSE:SRFM) and SEACOR Marine (NYSE:SMHI) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, SRFM or SMHI?

Surf Air Mobility has a beta of 2.35, meaning that its share price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEACOR Marine has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SRFM or SMHI?

In the previous week, Surf Air Mobility had 3 more articles in the media than SEACOR Marine. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Surf Air Mobility and 2 mentions for SEACOR Marine. SEACOR Marine's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Surf Air Mobility's score of 0.51 indicating that SEACOR Marine is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Surf Air Mobility	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SEACOR Marine	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate SRFM or SMHI?

Surf Air Mobility presently has a consensus target price of $6.42, suggesting a potential upside of 167.92%. Given Surf Air Mobility's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Surf Air Mobility is more favorable than SEACOR Marine.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Surf Air Mobility	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
SEACOR Marine	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SRFM or SMHI?

17.7% of Surf Air Mobility shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of SEACOR Marine shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Surf Air Mobility shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of SEACOR Marine shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SRFM or SMHI?

SEACOR Marine received 100 more outperform votes than Surf Air Mobility when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.06% of users gave SEACOR Marine an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave Surf Air Mobility an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Surf Air Mobility	Outperform Votes 8 53.33%	Underperform Votes 7 46.67%
SEACOR Marine	Outperform Votes 108 65.06%	Underperform Votes 58 34.94%

Is SRFM or SMHI more profitable?

SEACOR Marine has a net margin of -16.81% compared to Surf Air Mobility's net margin of -158.33%. Surf Air Mobility's return on equity of 0.00% beat SEACOR Marine's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Surf Air Mobility	-158.33%	N/A	-153.91%
SEACOR Marine	-16.81%	-13.32%	-6.25%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SRFM or SMHI?

SEACOR Marine has higher revenue and earnings than Surf Air Mobility. SEACOR Marine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Surf Air Mobility, 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
Surf Air Mobility	$112.31M	0.41	-$250.70M	-$3.75	-0.64
SEACOR Marine	$264.09M	0.59	-$9.31M	-$2.54	-2.30

Summary

SEACOR Marine beats Surf Air Mobility on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.