Costamare (CMRE) Competitors

Costamare (NYSE:CMRE) and Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CMRE or SNDR?

Schneider National received 92 more outperform votes than Costamare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.23% of users gave Schneider National an outperform vote while only 52.40% of users gave Costamare an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Costamare	Outperform Votes 339 52.40%	Underperform Votes 308 47.60%
Schneider National	Outperform Votes 431 64.23%	Underperform Votes 240 35.77%

Which has more volatility & risk, CMRE or SNDR?

Costamare has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schneider National has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CMRE or SNDR?

Costamare currently has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.88%. Schneider National has a consensus target price of $30.85, indicating a potential upside of 12.84%. Given Costamare's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Costamare is more favorable than Schneider National.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Costamare	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Schneider National	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CMRE or SNDR?

58.1% of Costamare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Schneider National shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.2% of Costamare shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.7% of Schneider National shares are owned by company 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.

Is CMRE or SNDR a better dividend stock?

Costamare pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Schneider National pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Costamare pays out 18.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schneider National pays out 58.5% 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. Costamare is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to CMRE or SNDR?

In the previous week, Schneider National had 4 more articles in the media than Costamare. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Schneider National and 2 mentions for Costamare. Schneider National's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Costamare's score of 0.48 indicating that Schneider National is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Costamare	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Schneider National	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CMRE or SNDR?

Costamare has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Schneider National. Costamare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schneider National, 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
Costamare	$2.08B	0.59	$319.92M	$2.44	4.29
Schneider National	$5.29B	0.91	$117M	$0.65	42.05

Is CMRE or SNDR more profitable?

Costamare has a net margin of 15.14% compared to Schneider National's net margin of 2.21%. Costamare's return on equity of 14.03% beat Schneider National's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Costamare	15.14%	14.03%	6.67%
Schneider National	2.21%	4.12%	2.67%

Summary

Costamare and Schneider National tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.