DHT (NYSE:DHT) versus Heidmar Maritime (NASDAQ:HMR) Head-To-Head Review

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

58.5% of DHT shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of DHT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Heidmar Maritime	1	0	1	0	2.00
DHT	0	1	4	0	2.80

Heidmar Maritime currently has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 443.48%. DHT has a consensus target price of $15.67, indicating a potential upside of 28.10%. Given Heidmar Maritime’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Heidmar Maritime is more favorable than DHT.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Heidmar Maritime and DHT”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heidmar Maritime	$28.95 million	1.86	$1.91 million	$0.01	92.00
DHT	$571.77 million	3.44	$181.38 million	$1.24	9.86

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

Profitability

This table compares Heidmar Maritime and DHT’s 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
DHT	41.17%	17.05%	12.67%

Summary

DHT beats Heidmar Maritime on 11 of the 13 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 DHT

DHT Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates crude oil tankers primarily in Monaco, Singapore, and Norway. The company also offers technical management services. As of March 15, 2024, it had a fleet of 24 very large crude carriers. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.