Mesa Air Group (MESA) Competitors

Mesa Air Group (NASDAQ:MESA) and Castor Maritime (NASDAQ:CTRM) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Does the media prefer MESA or CTRM?

In the previous week, Castor Maritime had 2 more articles in the media than Mesa Air Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Castor Maritime and 2 mentions for Mesa Air Group. Castor Maritime's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Mesa Air Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Castor Maritime is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mesa Air Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Castor Maritime	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MESA or CTRM?

Mesa Air Group received 178 more outperform votes than Castor Maritime when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.50% of users gave Castor Maritime an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Mesa Air Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mesa Air Group	Outperform Votes 192 57.14%	Underperform Votes 144 42.86%
Castor Maritime	Outperform Votes 14 87.50%	Underperform Votes 2 12.50%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MESA or CTRM?

Castor Maritime has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mesa Air Group. Mesa Air Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Castor 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
Mesa Air Group	$498.07M	0.07	-$120.12M	-$2.99	-0.29
Castor Maritime	$97.52M	0.39	$38.64M	$2.49	1.59

Do analysts prefer MESA or CTRM?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mesa Air Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Castor Maritime	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MESA or CTRM?

13.3% of Mesa Air Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of Castor Maritime shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Mesa Air Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, MESA or CTRM?

Mesa Air Group has a beta of 2.91, meaning that its share price is 191% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Castor Maritime has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MESA or CTRM more profitable?

Castor Maritime has a net margin of 53.67% compared to Mesa Air Group's net margin of -24.12%. Castor Maritime's return on equity of 9.31% beat Mesa Air Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mesa Air Group	-24.12%	-31.58%	-7.77%
Castor Maritime	53.67%	9.31%	7.04%

Summary

Castor Maritime beats Mesa Air Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.