Globus Maritime (GLBS) Competitors

Globus Maritime (NASDAQ:GLBS) and Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and community ranking.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GLBS or SPCE?

Globus Maritime has higher revenue and earnings than Virgin Galactic. Virgin Galactic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Globus Maritime, 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
Globus Maritime	$34.87M	0.66	$5.27M	$0.02	55.75
Virgin Galactic	$7.04M	12.75	-$502.34M	-$14.55	-0.17

Which has more risk & volatility, GLBS or SPCE?

Globus Maritime has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virgin Galactic has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to GLBS or SPCE?

In the previous week, Virgin Galactic had 11 more articles in the media than Globus Maritime. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Virgin Galactic and 0 mentions for Globus Maritime. Globus Maritime's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Virgin Galactic's score of 0.32 indicating that Globus Maritime is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Globus Maritime	Very Positive
Virgin Galactic	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GLBS or SPCE?

31.6% of Globus Maritime shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.6% of Virgin Galactic shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.2% of Globus Maritime shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Virgin Galactic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend GLBS or SPCE?

Virgin Galactic has a consensus price target of $19.85, indicating a potential upside of 686.14%. Given Virgin Galactic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Virgin Galactic is more favorable than Globus Maritime.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Globus Maritime	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Virgin Galactic	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

Is GLBS or SPCE more profitable?

Globus Maritime has a net margin of 8.44% compared to Virgin Galactic's net margin of -3,975.27%. Globus Maritime's return on equity of 0.74% beat Virgin Galactic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Globus Maritime	8.44%	0.74%	0.53%
Virgin Galactic	-3,975.27%	-88.09%	-34.21%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GLBS or SPCE?

Globus Maritime received 9 more outperform votes than Virgin Galactic when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.23% of users gave Virgin Galactic an outperform vote while only 40.76% of users gave Globus Maritime an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Globus Maritime	Outperform Votes 150 40.76%	Underperform Votes 218 59.24%
Virgin Galactic	Outperform Votes 141 63.23%	Underperform Votes 82 36.77%

Summary

Globus Maritime beats Virgin Galactic on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.