SHIP vs. ASC, CLCO, SB, BLDE, PAL, PANL, ESEA, DSX, FLYX, and GASS
Should you be buying Seanergy Maritime stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seanergy Maritime include Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Cool (CLCO), Safe Bulkers (SB), Blade Air Mobility (BLDE), Proficient Auto Logistics (PAL), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), Euroseas (ESEA), Diana Shipping (DSX), flyExclusive (FLYX), and StealthGas (GASS). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Seanergy Maritime vs.
Seanergy Maritime (NASDAQ:SHIP) and Ardmore Shipping (NYSE:ASC) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Seanergy Maritime received 21 more outperform votes than Ardmore Shipping when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.12% of users gave Seanergy Maritime an outperform vote while only 63.74% of users gave Ardmore Shipping an outperform vote.
Ardmore Shipping has higher revenue and earnings than Seanergy Maritime. Seanergy Maritime is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ardmore Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Seanergy Maritime currently has a consensus price target of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 76.80%. Ardmore Shipping has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 63.33%. Given Seanergy Maritime's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Seanergy Maritime is more favorable than Ardmore Shipping.
Seanergy Maritime pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.7%. Ardmore Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Seanergy Maritime pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ardmore Shipping pays out 20.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Ardmore Shipping had 6 more articles in the media than Seanergy Maritime. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Ardmore Shipping and 0 mentions for Seanergy Maritime. Ardmore Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Seanergy Maritime's score of 0.00 indicating that Ardmore Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Seanergy Maritime has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardmore Shipping has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ardmore Shipping has a net margin of 36.22% compared to Seanergy Maritime's net margin of 28.37%. Ardmore Shipping's return on equity of 23.63% beat Seanergy Maritime's return on equity.
29.4% of Seanergy Maritime shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Ardmore Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Seanergy Maritime shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Ardmore Shipping beats Seanergy Maritime on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SHIP) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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