SMHI vs. CPLP, HSHP, DSX, PANL, ESEA, GASS, OSG, SHIP, IMPP, and SB
Should you be buying SEACOR Marine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SEACOR Marine include Capital Product Partners (CPLP), Himalaya Shipping (HSHP), Diana Shipping (DSX), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), Euroseas (ESEA), StealthGas (GASS), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Seanergy Maritime (SHIP), Imperial Petroleum (IMPP), and Safe Bulkers (SB). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
SEACOR Marine (NYSE:SMHI) and Capital Product Partners (NASDAQ:CPLP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
SEACOR Marine has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Product Partners has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Capital Product Partners received 232 more outperform votes than SEACOR Marine when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.06% of users gave SEACOR Marine an outperform vote while only 61.37% of users gave Capital Product Partners an outperform vote.
Capital Product Partners has higher revenue and earnings than SEACOR Marine. SEACOR Marine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital Product Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SEACOR Marine presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.92%. Capital Product Partners has a consensus target price of $20.67, suggesting a potential upside of 26.95%. Given SEACOR Marine's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe SEACOR Marine is more favorable than Capital Product Partners.
Capital Product Partners has a net margin of 18.51% compared to SEACOR Marine's net margin of -8.19%. Capital Product Partners' return on equity of 6.30% beat SEACOR Marine's return on equity.
In the previous week, Capital Product Partners had 3 more articles in the media than SEACOR Marine. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Capital Product Partners and 4 mentions for SEACOR Marine. Capital Product Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat SEACOR Marine's score of -0.05 indicating that Capital Product Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
59.1% of SEACOR Marine shares are held by institutional investors. 14.6% of SEACOR Marine shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Capital Product Partners beats SEACOR Marine on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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