Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX) Competitors

Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ:OMEX) and Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Which has better earnings and valuation, OMEX or VRSK?

Verisk Analytics has higher revenue and earnings than Odyssey Marine Exploration.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Odyssey Marine Exploration	$800K	19.09	$5.35M	N/A	N/A
Verisk Analytics	$2.68B	14.67	$614.60M	$6.41	43.46

Is OMEX or VRSK more profitable?

Odyssey Marine Exploration has a net margin of 1,556.13% compared to Verisk Analytics' net margin of 32.65%. Verisk Analytics' return on equity of 274.13% beat Odyssey Marine Exploration's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Odyssey Marine Exploration	1,556.13%	-11.51%	43.76%
Verisk Analytics	32.65%	274.13%	20.34%

Which has more risk and volatility, OMEX or VRSK?

Odyssey Marine Exploration has a beta of 0.02, suggesting that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verisk Analytics has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer OMEX or VRSK?

In the previous week, Verisk Analytics had 3 more articles in the media than Odyssey Marine Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Verisk Analytics and 0 mentions for Odyssey Marine Exploration. Verisk Analytics' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Odyssey Marine Exploration's score of 0.00 indicating that Verisk Analytics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Odyssey Marine Exploration	Neutral
Verisk Analytics	Positive

Do analysts rate OMEX or VRSK?

Verisk Analytics has a consensus price target of $293.11, suggesting a potential upside of 5.23%. Given Verisk Analytics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Verisk Analytics is more favorable than Odyssey Marine Exploration.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Odyssey Marine Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Verisk Analytics	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OMEX or VRSK?

Verisk Analytics received 401 more outperform votes than Odyssey Marine Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.75% of users gave Verisk Analytics an outperform vote while only 52.78% of users gave Odyssey Marine Exploration an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Odyssey Marine Exploration	Outperform Votes 152 52.78%	Underperform Votes 136 47.22%
Verisk Analytics	Outperform Votes 553 64.75%	Underperform Votes 301 35.25%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in OMEX or VRSK?

50.0% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Verisk Analytics shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Verisk Analytics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Verisk Analytics beats Odyssey Marine Exploration on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.