Danaos (NYSE:DAC) versus Heidmar Maritime (NASDAQ:HMR) Financial Survey

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Heidmar Maritime and Danaos, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Heidmar Maritime	1	0	1	0	2.00
Danaos	0	0	2	0	3.00

Heidmar Maritime currently has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 538.41%. Danaos has a consensus target price of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.37%. Given Heidmar Maritime’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Heidmar Maritime is more favorable than Danaos.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heidmar Maritime	$28.95 million	1.58	$1.91 million	$0.01	78.32
Danaos	$1.01 billion	1.77	$505.07 million	$25.06	3.76

Danaos has higher revenue and earnings than Heidmar Maritime. Danaos 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 Danaos’ 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
Danaos	45.16%	13.49%	10.71%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

19.0% of Danaos shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.0% of Danaos shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Danaos 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 Danaos

Danaos Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides container and drybulk vessels services in Australia, Asia, and Europe. The company offers seaborne transportation services by operating vessels in the containership and drybulk sectors of the shipping industry. As of April 03, 2024, it had a fleet of 68 containerships aggregating 421,293 twenty-foot equivalent units in capacity. The company was formerly known as Danaos Holdings Limited and changed its name to Danaos Corporation in October 2005. Danaos Corporation was founded in 1963 and is based in Piraeus, Greece.