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 media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Do analysts prefer CMRE or SNDR?

Costamare currently has a consensus target price of $13.50, suggesting a potential downside of 6.15%. Schneider National has a consensus target price of $28.31, suggesting a potential downside of 6.30%. Given Costamare's higher probable upside, 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

Is CMRE or SNDR more profitable?

Costamare has a net margin of 19.11% compared to Schneider National's net margin of 2.10%. Costamare's return on equity of 14.28% beat Schneider National's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Costamare	19.11%	14.28%	6.74%
Schneider National	2.10%	3.92%	2.53%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CMRE or SNDR?

58.1% of Costamare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Schneider National shares are held by institutional investors. 23.2% of Costamare shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.7% of Schneider National shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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	$1.51B	1.12	$385.75M	$3.01	4.78
Schneider National	$5.50B	0.96	$238.50M	$0.62	48.73

Does the media prefer CMRE or SNDR?

In the previous week, Schneider National had 13 more articles in the media than Costamare. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Schneider National and 1 mentions for Costamare. Costamare's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Schneider National's score of 0.13 indicating that Costamare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Costamare	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Schneider National	0 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, CMRE or SNDR?

Costamare has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schneider National has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CMRE or SNDR?

Schneider National received 90 more outperform votes than Costamare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.65% of users gave Schneider National an outperform vote while only 52.48% of users gave Costamare an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Costamare	Outperform Votes 338 52.48%	Underperform Votes 306 47.52%
Schneider National	Outperform Votes 428 64.65%	Underperform Votes 234 35.35%

Is CMRE or SNDR a better dividend stock?

Costamare pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Schneider National pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Costamare pays out 15.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schneider National pays out 61.3% 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.

Summary

Costamare beats Schneider National on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.