United Maritime (USEA) and Its Competitors Head to Head Comparison

United Maritime (NASDAQ:USEA) is one of 80 public companies in the “Marine Transportation” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare United Maritime to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends and profitability.

Dividends

United Maritime pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.3%. United Maritime pays out -200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Marine Transportation” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.8% and pay out 26.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. United Maritime is clearly a better dividend stock than its peers, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares United Maritime and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
United Maritime	$37.78 million	-$6.19 million	-11.55
United Maritime Competitors	$3.68 billion	$344.61 million	12.43

United Maritime’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than United Maritime. United Maritime is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for United Maritime and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
United Maritime	1	0	0	0	1.00
United Maritime Competitors	447	1658	1705	94	2.37

As a group, “Marine Transportation” companies have a potential upside of 26.69%. Given United Maritime’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe United Maritime has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares United Maritime and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
United Maritime	-5.07%	2.31%	0.86%
United Maritime Competitors	31.18%	13.87%	6.83%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.6% of United Maritime shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of shares of all “Marine Transportation” companies are owned by institutional investors. 29.1% of shares of all “Marine Transportation” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

United Maritime has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Maritime’s peers have a beta of 1.11, suggesting that their average stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

United Maritime peers beat United Maritime on 12 of the 15 factors compared.

About United Maritime

United Maritime Corporation, a shipping company, offers seaborne transportation services worldwide. It operates a fleet of eight dry bulk vessels comprising three Panamax, three Capesize, and two Kamsarmax vessels with an aggregate cargo-carrying capacity of approximately 922,054 dwt. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is based in Glyfada, Greece.