Castor Maritime Inc. (CTRM) vs Caravelle International Group (HTCO)

Castor Maritime Inc. and Caravelle International Group are both Marine Shipping companies. Castor Maritime Inc. and Caravelle International Group are of similar size ($21.3M and $20.7M). Caravelle International Group trades at the lower P/E: 0.2× against 0.2×. Castor Maritime Inc. has the higher net margin (99.7% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.49% vs 0.00%). Across the 15 metrics below, Castor Maritime Inc. leads on 8 and Caravelle International Group on 7.

Valuation

Metric CTRM HTCO Marine Shipping median
P/E 0.21 0.19 6.89
P/S 0.23 n/m 1.92
P/B 0.03 0.39 0.90
Price to free cash flow n/m 0.11 4.62
EV/EBITDA n/m 0.07 6.57
EV/Sales (0.21) n/m 2.73
Earnings yield 485.75% 517.48% 9.59%
Free cash flow yield (241.81%) 929.84% 16.76%

Profitability

Metric CTRM HTCO Marine Shipping median
Gross margin 47.35% — 60.61%
Operating margin 98.27% 0.00% 27.74%
Net margin 99.68% 0.00% 25.21%
Free cash flow margin (55.34%) 0.00% 17.29%
Return on equity 14.45% 0.00% 8.62%
Return on assets 11.30% 0.00% 5.35%
Return on invested capital 8.49% 0.00% 5.32%

Growth

Metric CTRM HTCO Marine Shipping median
Revenue growth (TTM) 33.15% — 13.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (5.26%) 58.20% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 45.64% 11.95% 11.77%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CTRM HTCO Marine Shipping median
Debt to equity 0.10 0.00 0.52
Current ratio 4.68 1.46 1.63
Net debt to EBITDA 29.79 0.51 2.34

Dividend

Metric CTRM HTCO Marine Shipping median
Dividend yield — — 5.54%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.13

Size

Metric CTRM HTCO Marine Shipping median
Market cap 20.68m 21.30m 420.73m

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