Mesa Air Group (MESA) Competitors

Mesa Air Group (NASDAQ:MESA) and Castor Maritime (NASDAQ:CTRM) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MESA or CTRM?

Castor Maritime has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mesa Air Group. Mesa Air Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Castor Maritime, 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
Mesa Air Group	$498.07M	0.07	-$120.12M	-$2.99	-0.29
Castor Maritime	$97.52M	0.39	$38.64M	$2.49	1.59

Which has more risk and volatility, MESA or CTRM?

Mesa Air Group has a beta of 2.91, meaning that its stock price is 191% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Castor Maritime has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MESA or CTRM more profitable?

Castor Maritime has a net margin of 53.67% compared to Mesa Air Group's net margin of -24.12%. Castor Maritime's return on equity of 9.31% beat Mesa Air Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mesa Air Group	-24.12%	-31.58%	-7.77%
Castor Maritime	53.67%	9.31%	7.04%

Do analysts rate MESA or CTRM?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mesa Air Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Castor Maritime	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor MESA or CTRM?

In the previous week, Castor Maritime had 2 more articles in the media than Mesa Air Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Castor Maritime and 2 mentions for Mesa Air Group. Castor Maritime's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Mesa Air Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Castor Maritime is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mesa Air Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Castor Maritime	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MESA or CTRM?

13.3% of Mesa Air Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of Castor Maritime shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Mesa Air Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MESA or CTRM?

Mesa Air Group received 178 more outperform votes than Castor Maritime when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.50% of users gave Castor Maritime an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Mesa Air Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mesa Air Group	Outperform Votes 192 57.14%	Underperform Votes 144 42.86%
Castor Maritime	Outperform Votes 14 87.50%	Underperform Votes 2 12.50%

Summary

Castor Maritime beats Mesa Air Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.