NMM vs. CMRE, ZIM, DAC, NVGS, CDLR, GNK, LPG, GSL, SFL, and TNP
Should you be buying Navios Maritime Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Navios Maritime Partners include Costamare (CMRE), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Danaos (DAC), Navigator (NVGS), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Dorian LPG (LPG), Global Ship Lease (GSL), SFL (SFL), and Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM) and Costamare (NYSE:CMRE) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
In the previous week, Navios Maritime Partners and Navios Maritime Partners both had 4 articles in the media. Navios Maritime Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Costamare's score of 0.48 indicating that Navios Maritime Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
62.7% of Navios Maritime Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.1% of Costamare shares are held by institutional investors. 23.2% of Costamare shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Navios Maritime Partners has a net margin of 33.18% compared to Costamare's net margin of 25.26%. Navios Maritime Partners' return on equity of 14.74% beat Costamare's return on equity.
Costamare has a consensus price target of $11.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.38%. Given Costamare's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Costamare is more favorable than Navios Maritime Partners.
Navios Maritime Partners received 11 more outperform votes than Costamare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.92% of users gave Navios Maritime Partners an outperform vote while only 52.76% of users gave Costamare an outperform vote.
Navios Maritime Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Costamare pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Navios Maritime Partners pays out 1.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Costamare pays out 15.6% 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.
Navios Maritime Partners has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Costamare has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Navios Maritime Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Costamare. Navios Maritime Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Costamare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Navios Maritime Partners beats Costamare on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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