SMHI vs. GNK, VLRS, ASC, SB, CLCO, BLDE, PANL, PAMT, GASS, and KNOP
Should you be buying SEACOR Marine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SEACOR Marine include Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion (VLRS), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Safe Bulkers (SB), Cool (CLCO), Blade Air Mobility (BLDE), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), PAMT (PAMT), StealthGas (GASS), and KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
SEACOR Marine vs. Its Competitors
SEACOR Marine (NYSE:SMHI) and Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE:GNK) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Genco Shipping & Trading has a net margin of 12.12% compared to SEACOR Marine's net margin of -26.71%. Genco Shipping & Trading's return on equity of 4.22% beat SEACOR Marine's return on equity.
Genco Shipping & Trading has a consensus price target of $18.67, suggesting a potential upside of 32.39%. Given Genco Shipping & Trading's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Genco Shipping & Trading is more favorable than SEACOR Marine.
In the previous week, Genco Shipping & Trading had 1 more articles in the media than SEACOR Marine. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Genco Shipping & Trading and 0 mentions for SEACOR Marine. Genco Shipping & Trading's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat SEACOR Marine's score of 0.00 indicating that Genco Shipping & Trading is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
59.1% of SEACOR Marine shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are held by institutional investors. 14.6% of SEACOR Marine shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Genco Shipping & Trading has higher revenue and earnings than SEACOR Marine. SEACOR Marine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genco Shipping & Trading, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SEACOR Marine has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genco Shipping & Trading has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Genco Shipping & Trading beats SEACOR Marine on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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This page (NYSE:SMHI) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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