Head to Head Contrast: Heidmar Maritime (NASDAQ:HMR) & Seanergy Maritime (NASDAQ:SHIP)

Heidmar Maritime (NASDAQ:HMR) and Seanergy Maritime (NASDAQ:SHIP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Volatility and Risk

Heidmar Maritime has a beta of -0.49, meaning that its stock price is 149% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seanergy Maritime has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Heidmar Maritime and Seanergy Maritime”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heidmar Maritime	$55.85 million	1.29	-$22.56 million	($0.25)	-4.88
Seanergy Maritime	$158.10 million	1.87	$21.24 million	$1.79	7.91

Seanergy Maritime has higher revenue and earnings than Heidmar Maritime. Heidmar Maritime is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seanergy Maritime, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Heidmar Maritime and Seanergy Maritime, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Heidmar Maritime	1	1	1	0	2.00
Seanergy Maritime	0	2	2	0	2.50

Heidmar Maritime currently has a consensus price target of $2.63, suggesting a potential upside of 115.16%. Seanergy Maritime has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 55.37%. Given Heidmar Maritime’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Heidmar Maritime is more favorable than Seanergy Maritime.

Profitability

This table compares Heidmar Maritime and Seanergy Maritime’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Heidmar Maritime	-20.02%	9.14%	1.65%
Seanergy Maritime	20.96%	14.47%	6.55%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

29.4% of Seanergy Maritime shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Seanergy Maritime shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Seanergy Maritime beats Heidmar Maritime on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Heidmar Maritime

Heidmar Maritime Holdings Corp. provides commercial and pool management services to the dry bulk, crude oil, and refined petroleum product tanker markets worldwide. It offers tanker pool and commercial management, dry bulk pool and commercial management, and fuel services. The company also operates a platform to invest in tanker or drybulk vessels offering a range of customized services for the investor, as well as engages in the sale and purchase of second-hand vessels and newbuilds in the tanker and drybulk sectors. In addition, it develops and operates eFleetWatch, a digital platform in the commercial management space, which provides pool partners with access to the data that they require for their own reporting and monitoring of their vessels. The company was founded in 1984 and is based in Piraeus, Greece.

About Seanergy Maritime

Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp., a shipping company, provides seaborne transportation of dry bulk commodities worldwide. It operates a fleet of 16 Capesize dry bulk vessels and one Newcastlemax dry bulk vessel with a cargo-carrying capacity of approximately 3,054,820 dwt. The company was formerly known as Seanergy Merger Corp. and changed its name to Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. in July 2008. Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Glyfada, Greece.