Euroseas (ESEA) Competitors

Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (NYSE:VLRS) and Euroseas (NASDAQ:ESEA) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking and earnings.

Do analysts prefer VLRS or ESEA?

Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación presently has a consensus target price of $13.14, indicating a potential upside of 69.48%. Euroseas has a consensus target price of $56.50, indicating a potential upside of 67.01%. Given Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación is more favorable than Euroseas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Euroseas	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, VLRS or ESEA?

Euroseas has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación. Euroseas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, 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
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación	$3.26B	0.28	$7.82M	$1.66	4.67
Euroseas	$189.36M	1.25	$114.55M	$16.22	2.09

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of VLRS or ESEA?

53.3% of Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of Euroseas shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 55.9% of Euroseas shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor VLRS or ESEA?

In the previous week, Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación had 1 more articles in the media than Euroseas. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación and 5 mentions for Euroseas. Euroseas' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación's score of 0.80 indicating that Euroseas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Euroseas	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, VLRS or ESEA?

Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación has a beta of 2.45, indicating that its stock price is 145% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Euroseas has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VLRS or ESEA more profitable?

Euroseas has a net margin of 54.21% compared to Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación's net margin of 5.99%. Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación's return on equity of 71.50% beat Euroseas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación	5.99%	71.50%	3.61%
Euroseas	54.21%	34.73%	20.86%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VLRS or ESEA?

Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación received 130 more outperform votes than Euroseas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.16% of users gave Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación an outperform vote while only 64.74% of users gave Euroseas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación	Outperform Votes 376 65.16%	Underperform Votes 201 34.84%
Euroseas	Outperform Votes 246 64.74%	Underperform Votes 134 35.26%

Summary

Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación beats Euroseas on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.