Toro (TORO) Competitors

SEACOR Marine (NYSE:SMHI) and Toro (NASDAQ:TORO) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.

Which has more volatility and risk, SMHI or TORO?

SEACOR Marine has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toro has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SMHI or TORO more profitable?

Toro has a net margin of 176.49% compared to SEACOR Marine's net margin of -16.81%. Toro's return on equity of 17.16% beat SEACOR Marine's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SEACOR Marine	-16.81%	-13.32%	-6.25%
Toro	176.49%	17.16%	10.30%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SMHI or TORO?

59.0% of SEACOR Marine shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of Toro shares are held by institutional investors. 14.6% of SEACOR Marine shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SMHI or TORO?

SEACOR Marine received 108 more outperform votes than Toro when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SEACOR Marine	Outperform Votes 108 65.06%	Underperform Votes 58 34.94%
Toro	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor SMHI or TORO?

In the previous week, Toro had 7 more articles in the media than SEACOR Marine. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Toro and 1 mentions for SEACOR Marine. SEACOR Marine's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Toro's score of 0.38 indicating that SEACOR Marine is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SEACOR Marine	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Toro	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SMHI or TORO?

Toro has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SEACOR Marine. SEACOR Marine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toro, 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
SEACOR Marine	$271.36M	0.53	-$9.31M	-$2.82	-1.83
Toro	$80.63M	0.60	$140.64M	$1.06	2.39

Summary

Toro beats SEACOR Marine on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.