Comparing Heidmar Maritime (NASDAQ:HMR) & SandRidge Energy (NYSE:SD)

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

61.8% of SandRidge Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of SandRidge Energy shares are owned by 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 Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Heidmar Maritime and SandRidge Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Heidmar Maritime	2	0	1	0	1.67
SandRidge Energy	0	2	0	0	2.00

Heidmar Maritime presently has a consensus price target of $2.62, suggesting a potential upside of 41.89%. Given Heidmar Maritime’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Heidmar Maritime is more favorable than SandRidge Energy.

Risk and Volatility

Heidmar Maritime has a beta of -0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 134% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SandRidge Energy has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Heidmar Maritime and SandRidge Energy”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heidmar Maritime	$55.85 million	1.95	-$22.56 million	$0.02	92.50
SandRidge Energy	$156.36 million	3.34	$70.20 million	$2.24	6.29

SandRidge Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Heidmar Maritime. SandRidge Energy 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 SandRidge Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Heidmar Maritime	2.47%	23.07%	4.19%
SandRidge Energy	46.06%	13.62%	10.93%

Summary

SandRidge Energy beats Heidmar Maritime on 10 of the 14 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 SandRidge Energy

SandRidge Energy, Inc. engages in the acquisition, development, and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids in the United States Mid-Continent. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.