Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM) and Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ:OMEX) Head-To-Head Comparison

Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM) and Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ:OMEX) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Navios Maritime Partners and Odyssey Marine Exploration, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Navios Maritime Partners	0	1	1	0	2.50
Odyssey Marine Exploration	1	0	0	0	1.00

Navios Maritime Partners presently has a consensus target price of $85.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.07%. Given Navios Maritime Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Navios Maritime Partners is more favorable than Odyssey Marine Exploration.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

62.7% of Navios Maritime Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Navios Maritime Partners and Odyssey Marine Exploration”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Navios Maritime Partners	$1.34 billion	1.58	$285.33 million	$11.87	6.22
Odyssey Marine Exploration	$350,000.00	157.84	-$43.08 million	($1.17)	-0.81

Navios Maritime Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Odyssey Marine Exploration. Odyssey Marine Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Navios Maritime Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Navios Maritime Partners has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Odyssey Marine Exploration has a beta of -0.24, indicating that its share price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Navios Maritime Partners and Odyssey Marine Exploration’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Navios Maritime Partners	25.05%	10.48%	5.83%
Odyssey Marine Exploration	-18,586.78%	N/A	-283.21%

Summary

Navios Maritime Partners beats Odyssey Marine Exploration on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Navios Maritime Partners

Navios Maritime Partners L.P. owns and operates dry cargo vessels in Asia, Europe, North America, and Australia. The company offers seaborne transportation services for a range of liquid and dry cargo commodities, including crude oil, refined petroleum, chemicals, iron ore, coal, grain, fertilizer, and containers, as well as charters its vessels under short, medium, and longer-term charters. Navios Maritime Partners L.P. was founded in 2007 and is based in Monaco.

About Odyssey Marine Exploration

Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, discovers, validates, and develops seafloor mineral resources worldwide. The company provides specialized mineral exploration, project development, and marine services to clients. Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.