Head to Head Contrast: Heidmar Maritime (HMR) and The Competition

Heidmar Maritime (NASDAQ:HMR) is one of 66 public companies in the “TRANS – SHIP” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Heidmar Maritime to similar companies based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Heidmar Maritime and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Heidmar Maritime	1	0	1	0	2.00
Heidmar Maritime Competitors	626	1873	2098	98	2.36

Heidmar Maritime presently has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 293.70%. As a group, “TRANS – SHIP” companies have a potential upside of 12.58%. Given Heidmar Maritime’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Heidmar Maritime is more favorable than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Heidmar Maritime and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heidmar Maritime	$28.95 million	$1.91 million	-63.50
Heidmar Maritime Competitors	$2.85 billion	$482.35 million	12.05

Heidmar Maritime’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Heidmar Maritime. Heidmar Maritime is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

46.3% of shares of all “TRANS – SHIP” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.6% of shares of all “TRANS – SHIP” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Heidmar Maritime and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Heidmar Maritime	N/A	N/A	N/A
Heidmar Maritime Competitors	20.88%	8.87%	5.15%

Summary

Heidmar Maritime peers beat Heidmar Maritime on 10 of the 12 factors compared.

Heidmar Maritime Company Profile

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.