BEST (BEST) Competitors $2.80 +0.01 (+0.18%) Closing price 03/7/2025Extended Trading$2.80 0.00 (0.00%) As of 03/7/2025 07:56 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BEST vs. ESEA, DSX, KNOP, GASS, SMHI, DLNG, SHIP, SPCE, TOUR, and CRGOShould you be buying BEST stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BEST include Euroseas (ESEA), Diana Shipping (DSX), KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP), StealthGas (GASS), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), Dynagas LNG Partners (DLNG), Seanergy Maritime (SHIP), Virgin Galactic (SPCE), Tuniu (TOUR), and Freightos (CRGO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry. BEST vs. Euroseas Diana Shipping KNOT Offshore Partners StealthGas SEACOR Marine Dynagas LNG Partners Seanergy Maritime Virgin Galactic Tuniu Freightos BEST (NYSE:BEST) and Euroseas (NASDAQ:ESEA) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BEST or ESEA? Euroseas received 198 more outperform votes than BEST when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.01% of users gave Euroseas an outperform vote while only 62.96% of users gave BEST an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBESTOutperform Votes5162.96% Underperform Votes3037.04% EuroseasOutperform Votes24965.01% Underperform Votes13434.99% Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BEST or ESEA? 5.1% of BEST shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of Euroseas shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.7% of BEST shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.9% of Euroseas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is BEST or ESEA more profitable? Euroseas has a net margin of 54.21% compared to BEST's net margin of 0.00%. Euroseas' return on equity of 34.73% beat BEST's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets BESTN/A N/A N/A Euroseas 54.21%34.73%20.86% Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BEST or ESEA? Euroseas has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BEST. BEST is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Euroseas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBEST$8.54B0.01-$114.71M-$5.26-0.53Euroseas$212.90M1.01$114.55M$16.151.90 Does the media refer more to BEST or ESEA? In the previous week, BEST had 16 more articles in the media than Euroseas. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for BEST and 3 mentions for Euroseas. BEST's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Euroseas' score of 0.46 indicating that BEST is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment BEST 15 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Euroseas 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Which has more volatility & risk, BEST or ESEA? BEST has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Euroseas has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts prefer BEST or ESEA? Euroseas has a consensus price target of $56.50, suggesting a potential upside of 83.92%. Given Euroseas' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Euroseas is more favorable than BEST.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score BEST 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Euroseas 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.50 SummaryEuroseas beats BEST on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get BEST News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BEST and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.Skip Chart BEST vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBESTTrucking & courier services, except air IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$56.37M$18.81B$287.21B$19.38BDividend YieldN/A3.85%3.99%3.75%P/E Ratio-0.539.0613.4833.02Price / Sales0.010.38206.3626.58Price / CashN/A6.7311.6917.54Price / Book-1.532.451.884.53Net Income-$114.71M$1.24B$547.22M$1.02B7 Day PerformanceN/A-3.45%-1.43%-1.28%1 Month Performance0.72%-5.62%-4.79%-4.01%1 Year Performance27.50%-19.54%-4.82%2.63% BEST Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BESTBEST0.5703 of 5 stars$2.81+0.2%N/A+31.7%$56.37M$8.54B-0.534,380Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeESEAEuroseas4.485 of 5 stars$31.15+1.3%$56.50+81.4%-14.3%$218.24M$212.90M1.92360DSXDiana Shipping2.8656 of 5 stars$1.73-0.3%$3.00+73.9%-43.4%$215.89M$228.21M57.52820KNOPKNOT Offshore Partners2.7095 of 5 stars$6.22+1.7%N/A+29.0%$213.19M$318.60M-14.46640Analyst UpgradeGASSStealthGas2.8591 of 5 stars$5.79+0.2%N/A-2.5%$212.73M$167.26M3.27N/ASMHISEACOR Marine1.1333 of 5 stars$5.44+2.8%N/A-63.0%$150.52M$271.36M-3.241,256Positive NewsDLNGDynagas LNG PartnersN/A$3.95+1.0%N/A+31.4%$145.37M$156.40M4.112,020Short Interest ↓SHIPSeanergy Maritime3.4077 of 5 stars$7.06-0.1%$12.00+70.0%-23.7%$143.84M$167.46M3.0250Short Interest ↑News CoverageSPCEVirgin Galactic1.4908 of 5 stars$4.05-1.3%$19.85+390.7%-89.8%$143.71M$7.04M-0.23800TOURTuniu1.0795 of 5 stars$1.06+1.9%N/A+45.6%$131.28M$513.62M-106,000.001,920CRGOFreightos2.0207 of 5 stars$2.57+2.4%$4.75+84.8%-3.3%$126.85M$23.79M-7.56350News Coverage Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Euroseas Competitors Diana Shipping Competitors KNOT Offshore Partners Competitors StealthGas Competitors SEACOR Marine Competitors Dynagas LNG Partners Competitors Seanergy Maritime Competitors Virgin Galactic Competitors Tuniu Competitors Freightos Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:BEST) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersA market crash is coming—here’s whenThe stock market cycle I've used to identify the most likely day of the next market crash is the exact same in...Chaikin Analytics | SponsoredYour Wealth is Under AttackPlease don't wait—this is your moment to take action. 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