SEACOR Marine (SMHI) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend SMHI or CVLG?

Covenant Logistics Group has a consensus target price of $34.75, indicating a potential upside of 25.91%. Given Covenant Logistics Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Covenant Logistics Group is more favorable than SEACOR Marine.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SEACOR Marine	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Covenant Logistics Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer SMHI or CVLG?

In the previous week, Covenant Logistics Group had 1 more articles in the media than SEACOR Marine. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Covenant Logistics Group and 0 mentions for SEACOR Marine. SEACOR Marine's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Covenant Logistics Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
SEACOR Marine	Neutral
Covenant Logistics Group	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SMHI or CVLG?

SEACOR Marine received 92 more outperform votes than Covenant Logistics Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.06% of users gave SEACOR Marine an outperform vote while only 42.11% of users gave Covenant Logistics Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SEACOR Marine	Outperform Votes 108 65.06%	Underperform Votes 58 34.94%
Covenant Logistics Group	Outperform Votes 16 42.11%	Underperform Votes 22 57.89%

Is SMHI or CVLG more profitable?

Covenant Logistics Group has a net margin of 3.72% compared to SEACOR Marine's net margin of -16.81%. Covenant Logistics Group's return on equity of 13.43% beat SEACOR Marine's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SEACOR Marine	-16.81%	-13.32%	-6.25%
Covenant Logistics Group	3.72%	13.43%	5.72%

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

59.1% of SEACOR Marine shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Covenant Logistics Group shares are held by institutional investors. 14.6% of SEACOR Marine shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.5% of Covenant Logistics Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SMHI or CVLG?

Covenant Logistics Group has higher revenue and earnings than SEACOR Marine. SEACOR Marine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Covenant Logistics Group, 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	$279.51M	0.69	-$9.31M	-$1.68	-4.18
Covenant Logistics Group	$1.10B	0.66	$55.23M	$1.52	18.16

Which has more volatility and risk, SMHI or CVLG?

SEACOR Marine has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Covenant Logistics Group has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Covenant Logistics Group beats SEACOR Marine on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.