Financial Contrast: Heidmar Maritime (HMR) versus Its Peers

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Heidmar Maritime and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) 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 rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Heidmar Maritime. Heidmar Maritime is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Heidmar Maritime and its rivals, 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 currently 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 probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Heidmar Maritime is more favorable than its rivals.

Institutional and 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Heidmar Maritime and its rivals’ 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 rivals 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.