SHIP vs. GASS, ESEA, IMPP, TORO, CPLP, SMHI, HSHP, TOPS, DSX, and PANL
Should you be buying Seanergy Maritime stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seanergy Maritime include StealthGas (GASS), Euroseas (ESEA), Imperial Petroleum (IMPP), Toro (TORO), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), Himalaya Shipping (HSHP), Top Ships (TOPS), Diana Shipping (DSX), and Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
StealthGas (NASDAQ:GASS) and Seanergy Maritime (NASDAQ:SHIP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
66.3% of StealthGas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.4% of Seanergy Maritime shares are held by institutional investors. 22.1% of StealthGas shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Seanergy Maritime shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Seanergy Maritime had 8 more articles in the media than StealthGas. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Seanergy Maritime and 3 mentions for StealthGas. Seanergy Maritime's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat StealthGas' score of 0.70 indicating that StealthGas is being referred to more favorably in the media.
StealthGas currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.96%. Seanergy Maritime has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.91%. Given Seanergy Maritime's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe StealthGas is more favorable than Seanergy Maritime.
StealthGas has a net margin of 36.19% compared to StealthGas' net margin of 12.06%. Seanergy Maritime's return on equity of 9.22% beat StealthGas' return on equity.
StealthGas has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seanergy Maritime has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
StealthGas has higher revenue and earnings than Seanergy Maritime. StealthGas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seanergy Maritime, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Seanergy Maritime received 165 more outperform votes than StealthGas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.74% of users gave Seanergy Maritime an outperform vote while only 67.13% of users gave StealthGas an outperform vote.
Summary
StealthGas beats Seanergy Maritime on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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