Heidmar Maritime (NASDAQ:HMR – Get Free Report) and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE:ZIM – Get Free Report) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.
Profitability
This table compares Heidmar Maritime and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Heidmar Maritime | -20.02% | 9.14% | 1.65% |
| ZIM Integrated Shipping Services | 1.56% | -0.26% | -0.09% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for Heidmar Maritime and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Heidmar Maritime | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| ZIM Integrated Shipping Services | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2.00 |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
21.4% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Heidmar Maritime and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Heidmar Maritime | $55.85 million | 1.27 | -$22.56 million | ($0.25) | -4.80 |
| ZIM Integrated Shipping Services | $6.90 billion | 0.45 | $479.20 million | $0.81 | 31.54 |
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has higher revenue and earnings than Heidmar Maritime. Heidmar Maritime is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Heidmar Maritime has a beta of -0.54, meaning that its share price is 154% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services beats Heidmar Maritime on 9 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 ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides container shipping and related services in Israel and internationally. It provides door-to-door and port-to-port transportation services for various types of customers, including end-users, consolidators, and freight forwarders. The company also offers ZIMonitor, a premium reefer cargo tracking service. As of March 1, 2024, it operated a fleet of 150 vessels, which included 134 container vessels and 16 vehicle transport vessels; and as of December 31, 2023, it operated a network of 67 weekly lines. The company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Haifa, Israel.
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