Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ:OMEX) versus Torm (NASDAQ:TRMD) Critical Survey

Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ:OMEX) and Torm (NASDAQ:TRMD) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Odyssey Marine Exploration and Torm, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Odyssey Marine Exploration	0	0	0	0	0.00
Torm	1	0	3	1	2.80

Torm has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 44.21%. Given Torm’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Torm is more favorable than Odyssey Marine Exploration.

Risk and Volatility

Odyssey Marine Exploration has a beta of -0.74, meaning that its stock price is 174% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Torm has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Odyssey Marine Exploration and Torm”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Odyssey Marine Exploration	$770,000.00	67.16	$15.66 million	N/A	N/A
Torm	$1.56 billion	1.15	$612.50 million	$4.74	4.02

Torm has higher revenue and earnings than Odyssey Marine Exploration.

Profitability

This table compares Odyssey Marine Exploration and Torm’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Odyssey Marine Exploration	2,054.49%	-14.85%	59.37%
Torm	32.20%	22.40%	13.44%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

50.0% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of Torm shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Torm shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Torm beats Odyssey Marine Exploration on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Odyssey Marine Exploration

Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, discovers, validates, and develops seafloor mineral resources worldwide. The company provides specialized mineral exploration, project development, and marine services to clients. Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

About Torm

TORM plc, a shipping company, owns and operates a fleet of product tankers in the United Kingdom. It operates in two operating segments, Tanker and Marine Exhaust. The Tanker segment transports refined oil products, such as gasoline, jet fuel, kerosene, naphtha, and gas oil, as well as dirty petroleum products, including fuel oil. The Marine Exhaust segment engages in developing and producing advanced and green marine equipment. TORM plc was founded in 1889 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.