Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE:GNK) & Seahawk Deep Ocean Technology (OTCMKTS:SHWK) Head-To-Head Review

Seahawk Deep Ocean Technology (OTCMKTS:SHWK) and Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE:GNK) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

Seahawk Deep Ocean Technology has a beta of -1.97, suggesting that its stock price is 297% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genco Shipping & Trading has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Seahawk Deep Ocean Technology and Genco Shipping & Trading’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Seahawk Deep Ocean Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Genco Shipping & Trading	$383.83 million	2.47	-$12.87 million	($0.31)	-71.48

Seahawk Deep Ocean Technology has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Genco Shipping & Trading.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

58.6% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are held by institutional investors. 20.5% of Seahawk Deep Ocean Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Genco Shipping & Trading 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.

Profitability

This table compares Seahawk Deep Ocean Technology and Genco Shipping & Trading’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seahawk Deep Ocean Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A
Genco Shipping & Trading	-3.35%	3.10%	2.56%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Seahawk Deep Ocean Technology and Genco Shipping & Trading, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Seahawk Deep Ocean Technology	0	0	0	0	N/A
Genco Shipping & Trading	0	1	2	0	2.67

Genco Shipping & Trading has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.23%.

Summary

Genco Shipping & Trading beats Seahawk Deep Ocean Technology on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Seahawk Deep Ocean Technology

Seahawk Deep Ocean Technology, Inc. does not have significant operations. Previously, the company operated as an oceanographic service company that was involved in deep water search, survey, and recovery operations. The company also served as the general partner for limited partnerships that were formed for the purpose of raising money to search for and locate shipwrecks. The company was incorporated in 1989 and is based in Tampa, Florida.

About Genco Shipping & Trading

Genco Shipping & Trading Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the ocean transportation of drybulk cargoes worldwide. The company owns and operates dry bulk vessels to transports iron ore, grains, coal, steel products, and other drybulk cargoes. It charters its vessels primarily to trading houses, including commodities traders; producers; and government-owned entities. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, New York.