Reviewing Pacific Basin Shipping (OTCMKTS:PCFBY) & Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ:OMEX)

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Pacific Basin Shipping and Odyssey Marine Exploration”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pacific Basin Shipping	$2.58 billion	0.51	$131.70 million	N/A	N/A
Odyssey Marine Exploration	$770,000.00	57.80	$15.66 million	N/A	N/A

Pacific Basin Shipping has higher revenue and earnings than Odyssey Marine Exploration.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

50.0% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are owned 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.

Profitability

This table compares Pacific Basin Shipping and Odyssey Marine Exploration’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pacific Basin Shipping	N/A	N/A	N/A
Odyssey Marine Exploration	174.35%	-14.85%	-6.05%

Volatility & Risk

Pacific Basin Shipping has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Odyssey Marine Exploration has a beta of -0.74, suggesting that its share price is 174% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Pacific Basin Shipping beats Odyssey Marine Exploration on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pacific Basin Shipping

Pacific Basin Shipping Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the provision of dry bulk shipping services worldwide. The company offers its shipping services that mainly carry major and minor bulks, including grains, ores, logs/forest products, bauxite, sugar, concentrates, cement and clinkers, coal/coke, fertilizers, alumina, steel, pet-coke, salt, sand and gypsum, and scrap. It also offers shipping consulting, crewing, secretarial, and ship agency and management services. In addition, the company is involved in the vessel owning and chartering, and convertible bonds issuing activities. It has a fleet of 266 owned and chartered vessels, including 121 Handysize, 1 Capesize, and 144 Supramax/Ultramax vessels. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong.

About Odyssey Marine Exploration

Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, discovers, validates, and develops seafloor mineral resources worldwide. The company provides specialized mineral exploration, project development, and marine services to clients. Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.