USEA vs. AIRT, BEST, MODV, TORO, SFWL, WETO, MESA, YELLQ, YELL, and PXS
Should you be buying United Maritime stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Maritime include Air T (AIRT), BEST (BEST), ModivCare (MODV), Toro (TORO), Shengfeng Development (SFWL), Webus International (WETO), Mesa Air Group (MESA), Yellow (YELLQ), Yellow (YELL), and Pyxis Tankers (PXS). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
United Maritime vs. Its Competitors
United Maritime (NASDAQ:USEA) and Air T (NASDAQ:AIRT) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.
Air T has a net margin of -2.10% compared to United Maritime's net margin of -15.33%. United Maritime's return on equity of -8.53% beat Air T's return on equity.
United Maritime pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Air T pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. United Maritime pays out -5.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Air T pays out -13.5% 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.
1.6% of United Maritime shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.9% of Air T shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.1% of Air T shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
United Maritime has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air T has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Air T had 28 more articles in the media than United Maritime. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Air T and 1 mentions for United Maritime. United Maritime's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Air T's score of -0.10 indicating that United Maritime is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United Maritime has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Air T. Air T is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Maritime, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
United Maritime beats Air T on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding USEA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:USEA) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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