SMHI vs. NVGS, GSL, GNK, TNP, ASC, TK, OSG, SB, PANL, and HSHP
Should you be buying SEACOR Marine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SEACOR Marine include Navigator (NVGS), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Teekay (TK), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Safe Bulkers (SB), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), and Himalaya Shipping (HSHP). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Navigator (NYSE:NVGS) and SEACOR Marine (NYSE:SMHI) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Navigator has a net margin of 15.68% compared to Navigator's net margin of -8.19%. SEACOR Marine's return on equity of 6.86% beat Navigator's return on equity.
Navigator currently has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.35%. SEACOR Marine has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.18%. Given Navigator's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SEACOR Marine is more favorable than Navigator.
Navigator has higher revenue and earnings than SEACOR Marine. SEACOR Marine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Navigator, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
19.0% of Navigator shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.1% of SEACOR Marine shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Navigator shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of SEACOR Marine shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Navigator received 205 more outperform votes than SEACOR Marine when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.71% of users gave Navigator an outperform vote while only 65.06% of users gave SEACOR Marine an outperform vote.
Navigator has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEACOR Marine has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Navigator had 1 more articles in the media than SEACOR Marine. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Navigator and 1 mentions for SEACOR Marine. SEACOR Marine's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Navigator's score of -1.00 indicating that Navigator is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Navigator beats SEACOR Marine on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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