Orient Overseas International (OTCMKTS:OROVY) and Costamare (NYSE:CMRE) Financial Contrast

Orient Overseas International (OTCMKTS:OROVY) and Costamare (NYSE:CMRE) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Orient Overseas International and Costamare, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orient Overseas International	0	0	0	0	0.00
Costamare	0	2	1	0	2.33

Costamare has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 30.00%. Given Costamare’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Costamare is more favorable than Orient Overseas International.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Orient Overseas International and Costamare”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Orient Overseas International	$10.70 billion	N/A	$2.58 billion	N/A	N/A
Costamare	$2.08 billion	0.99	$319.92 million	$2.50	6.86

Orient Overseas International has higher revenue and earnings than Costamare.

Profitability

This table compares Orient Overseas International and Costamare’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orient Overseas International	N/A	N/A	N/A
Costamare	22.23%	15.15%	7.91%

Risk and Volatility

Orient Overseas International has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Costamare has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Orient Overseas International pays an annual dividend of $7.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Costamare pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Costamare pays out 18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

58.1% of Costamare shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.2% of Costamare shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Costamare beats Orient Overseas International on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Orient Overseas International

Orient Overseas (International) Limited, an investment holding company, provides container transport and logistics services in Asia, Europe, Australia, and North America. The company offers supply chain management services; and containerised shipping services in various trade lanes comprising Trans-Pacific, Trans-Atlantic, Asia/Europe, Asia/Australia, and Intra-Asia trades. It is also involved in shipping and logistics software application development; container transport, equipment owning and leasing, container depot and warehousing, portfolio investment, trucking, ship owning, terminal operating, cargo consolidation and forwarding, liner and freight agency, property owning, and ship management businesses; operating of vessels; and provision of corporate and trucking services. In addition, the company offers AI and blockchain digital data on network applications, and platform design services. The company was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Orient Overseas (International) Limited is a subsidiary of Faulkner Global Holdings Limited.

About Costamare

Costamare Inc. owns and operates containerships and dry bulk vessels that are chartered to liner companies providing transportation of cargoes worldwide. As of March 19, 2024, it had a fleet of fleet of 68 containerships and 37 dry bulk vessels. The company was founded in 1974 and is based in Monaco.