Head to Head Comparison: Okeanis Eco Tankers (NYSE:ECO) and Seanergy Maritime (NASDAQ:SHIP)

Okeanis Eco Tankers (NYSE:ECO) and Seanergy Maritime (NASDAQ:SHIP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Okeanis Eco Tankers	27.68%	25.19%	9.49%
Seanergy Maritime	28.37%	19.01%	9.30%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Okeanis Eco Tankers and Seanergy Maritime, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Okeanis Eco Tankers	0	0	1	0	3.00
Seanergy Maritime	0	0	2	1	3.33

Okeanis Eco Tankers currently has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 82.82%. Seanergy Maritime has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 71.18%. Given Okeanis Eco Tankers’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Okeanis Eco Tankers is more favorable than Seanergy Maritime.

Dividends

Okeanis Eco Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Seanergy Maritime pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.8%. Okeanis Eco Tankers pays out 52.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Seanergy Maritime pays out 44.4% 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. Seanergy Maritime is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Okeanis Eco Tankers and Seanergy Maritime”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Okeanis Eco Tankers	$393.23 million	1.79	$145.25 million	$3.38	6.47
Seanergy Maritime	$110.23 million	1.32	$2.28 million	$2.34	3.00

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

About Okeanis Eco Tankers

Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp., a shipping company, owns and operates tanker vessels worldwide. It operates a fleet of 14 tanker vessels comprising six modern Suezmax tankers and eight modern VLCC tankers focusing on the transportation of crude oil. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Neo Faliro, 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.