Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX) Competitors

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

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%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Verisk Analytics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OMEX or VRSK?

Verisk Analytics received 404 more outperform votes than Odyssey Marine Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.80% of users gave Verisk Analytics an outperform vote while only 51.70% of users gave Odyssey Marine Exploration an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Odyssey Marine Exploration	Outperform Votes 152 51.70%	Underperform Votes 142 48.30%
Verisk Analytics	Outperform Votes 556 64.80%	Underperform Votes 302 35.20%

Which has stronger earnings & 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	$799.14K	11.72	$5.35M	N/A	N/A
Verisk Analytics	$2.88B	14.45	$614.60M	$6.70	44.31

Does the media prefer OMEX or VRSK?

In the previous week, Verisk Analytics had 28 more articles in the media than Odyssey Marine Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Verisk Analytics and 1 mentions for Odyssey Marine Exploration. Odyssey Marine Exploration's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Verisk Analytics' score of 1.04 indicating that Odyssey Marine Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Odyssey Marine Exploration	Very Positive
Verisk Analytics	Positive

Do analysts recommend OMEX or VRSK?

Verisk Analytics has a consensus target price of $299.33, indicating a potential upside of 0.82%. 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)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more volatility and risk, OMEX or VRSK?

Odyssey Marine Exploration has a beta of -0.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verisk Analytics has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Verisk Analytics beats Odyssey Marine Exploration on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.