OMEX vs. EDRY, USEA, KNOP, AIRT, SFWL, TORO, RAIL, TOPS, PXS, and BEST
Should you be buying Odyssey Marine Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Odyssey Marine Exploration include EuroDry (EDRY), United Maritime (USEA), KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP), Air T (AIRT), Shengfeng Development (SFWL), Toro (TORO), FreightCar America (RAIL), Top Ships (TOPS), Pyxis Tankers (PXS), and BEST (BEST). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ:OMEX) and EuroDry (NASDAQ:EDRY) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
EuroDry has higher revenue and earnings than Odyssey Marine Exploration.
Odyssey Marine Exploration has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EuroDry has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
50.0% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.4% of EuroDry shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Odyssey Marine Exploration has a net margin of 0.00% compared to EuroDry's net margin of -6.11%. EuroDry's return on equity of 0.30% beat Odyssey Marine Exploration's return on equity.
EuroDry has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 46.20%. Given EuroDry's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EuroDry is more favorable than Odyssey Marine Exploration.
In the previous week, Odyssey Marine Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled EuroDry'saverage media sentiment score.
EuroDry received 40 more outperform votes than Odyssey Marine Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.86% of users gave EuroDry an outperform vote while only 54.87% of users gave Odyssey Marine Exploration an outperform vote.
Summary
EuroDry beats Odyssey Marine Exploration on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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