Financial Survey: United Maritime (NASDAQ:USEA) vs. Caspian Services (OTCMKTS:CSSV)

United Maritime (NASDAQ:USEA) and Caspian Services (OTCMKTS:CSSV) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for United Maritime and Caspian Services, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
United Maritime	0	0	0	1	4.00
Caspian Services	0	0	0	0	0.00

United Maritime presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 201.51%. Given United Maritime’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe United Maritime is more favorable than Caspian Services.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares United Maritime and Caspian Services”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
United Maritime	$36.07 million	0.49	$220,000.00	$0.75	2.65
Caspian Services	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

United Maritime has higher revenue and earnings than Caspian Services.

Profitability

This table compares United Maritime and Caspian Services’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
United Maritime	15.63%	11.26%	4.21%
Caspian Services	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

United Maritime has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caspian Services has a beta of 10.71, indicating that its share price is 971% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

1.6% of United Maritime shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

United Maritime beats Caspian Services on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Caspian Services

Caspian Services, Inc. provides various oilfield services for the oil and gas industry in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Caspian Sea region. The company operates in three segments: Vessel Operations, Geophysical Services, and Marine Base Services. The Vessel Operations segment charters a fleet of shallow draft offshore support vessels to oil and natural gas exploration companies. This segment's vessel fleet includes supply vessels, survey/utility vessels, anchor handling multicats and support vessel tugs, cable laying barges, accommodation vessels, and crewboats. The Geophysical Services segment offers onshore geophysical services to independent oil and gas exploration and development companies operating in Kazakhstan. This segment provides geophysical seismic surveys, such as 2D and 3D seismic surveys. The Marine Base Services segment operates a marine base located at the Port of Bautino on the North Caspian Sea. This segment offers various facilities and services comprising long and short terms vessel moorings, wharf front crane pad for vessel loading/offloading, boat yard with vessel lifting facilities, long-term berths, water storage facilities and vessel bunkering, oily and waste water collection and removing facilities, weighbridge facilities, electrical power supply and distribution systems, and open lay-down storage area. The company was formerly known as EMPS Corporation and changed its name to Caspian Services, Inc. in July 2005. Caspian Services, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Almaty, Kazakhstan.