Euroseas Ltd. (ESEA) vs StealthGas, Inc. (GASS)

Euroseas Ltd. and StealthGas, Inc. are both Marine Shipping companies. Euroseas Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $415.7M against $296.1M — 1.4× the size. Euroseas Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 3.3× against 5.0×. Euroseas Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.53% against −2.03%. Euroseas Ltd. has the higher net margin (60.0% vs 33.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (16.8% vs 5.04%). Across the 22 metrics below, Euroseas Ltd. leads on 12 and StealthGas, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric ESEA GASS Marine Shipping median
P/E 3.27 4.97 7.37
P/S 1.96 1.71 1.71
P/B 0.85 0.40 0.85
Price to free cash flow 3.22 2.58 4.11
EV/EBITDA 2.67 2.22 5.98
EV/Sales 2.00 0.91 2.47
Earnings yield 30.58% 20.10% 13.14%
Free cash flow yield 31.10% 38.76% 19.49%

Profitability

Metric ESEA GASS Marine Shipping median
Gross margin 77.80% 49.13% 60.61%
Operating margin 63.22% 26.57% 27.74%
Net margin 59.98% 33.90% 25.21%
Free cash flow margin 61.02% 66.30% 18.27%
Return on equity 29.33% 8.28% 8.04%
Return on assets 19.21% 7.81% 5.13%
Return on invested capital 16.78% 5.04% 5.17%

Growth

Metric ESEA GASS Marine Shipping median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.53% (2.03%) 10.81%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 21.73% (13.68%) (20.39%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 33.72% 3.61% 11.95%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 110.07% 37.46% 0.00%

Health

Metric ESEA GASS Marine Shipping median
Debt to equity 0.39 0.00 0.44
Current ratio 5.46 9.30 1.67
Net debt to EBITDA 0.23 (1.25) 2.34

Dividend

Metric ESEA GASS Marine Shipping median
Dividend yield 4.78% — 4.83%
Payout ratio 0.16 — 0.30

Size

Metric ESEA GASS Marine Shipping median
Market cap 415.67m 296.14m 435.67m

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