Seatrium (OTCMKTS:SMBMF) vs. DEFSEC Technologies (NASDAQ:DFSC) Critical Comparison

DEFSEC Technologies (NASDAQ:DFSC) and Seatrium (OTCMKTS:SMBMF) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares DEFSEC Technologies and Seatrium”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DEFSEC Technologies	$1.11 million	2.45	-$5.47 million	($23.98)	-0.08
Seatrium	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.27	6.43

Seatrium has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DEFSEC Technologies. DEFSEC Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seatrium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares DEFSEC Technologies and Seatrium’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DEFSEC Technologies	-232.47%	-217.22%	-114.86%
Seatrium	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

21.4% of DEFSEC Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.3% of Seatrium shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for DEFSEC Technologies and Seatrium, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DEFSEC Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00
Seatrium	0	0	0	0	0.00

Summary

Seatrium beats DEFSEC Technologies on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About DEFSEC Technologies

DEFSEC develops and commercializes breakthrough next-generation tactical systems for military and security forces. The Company’s current portfolio of offerings includes digitization of tactical forces for real-time shared situational awareness and targeting information from any source (including drones) streamed directly to users’ smart devices and weapons. Other DEFSEC products include countermeasures against threats such as electronic detection, lasers and drones. These systems can operate stand-alone or integrate seamlessly with OEM products and battlefield management systems, and all come integrated with TAK. The Company also has a new proprietary non-lethal product line branded PARA OPSTM with applications across all segments of the non-lethal market, including law enforcement. The Company is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with representative offices in London, UK and Abu Dhabi, UAE.

About Seatrium

Seatrium Limited provides engineering solutions to the offshore, marine, and energy industries. The company engages in the turnkey design, engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of offshore newbuilding and conversions, FSOs, FPSOs, FDPSOs, FPUs, MOPUs, gas terminals, FLNGs, FSRUs, Gravifloat, jack-ups, semi-submersibles, drill ships, TLPs, SPARs, and SSP solutions. It is also involved in the dry-docking, repair, refurbishment, retrofitting, life-extension, upgrading, and conversion of offshore and marine vessels and structures; specialised projects, including jumboisation and dejumboisation; and gas carriers, cruise ships, ferries, yachts, floating production vessels, heavy lift vessels, mobile offshore drilling units, tankers, containers, and cargo ships. In addition, the company offers turnkey engineering, procurement, construction, transportation, installation, offshore hook-up, commissioning, and brownfield solutions; high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations, high voltage alternating current (HVAC) substations, and wind turbine foundations; and wind turbine installation vessels, floating offshore wind turbines, floating wind-HVDC, and HVAC stations. Further, it provides specialised vessels and solutions comprising ferry, RoPax, and cruise, renewable energy support, offshore support, naval support and security, and research and scientific survey vessels; offshore oil and gas fixed platforms, including integrated production facilities, utility living quarters, and jackets; and onshore LNG and plant modules. Additionally, it engages in bulk trading of marine engineering related products; provision of management, and harbour tug services to port users; and collection and treatment of used copper slag, and the processing and distribution of copper slag. The company was formerly known as Sembcorp Marine Ltd and changed its name to Seatrium Limited in April 2023. The company was incorporated in 1963 and is headquartered in Singapore.