Reviewing Royal Olympic Cruise Lines (OTCMKTS:ROCLF) & United Maritime (NASDAQ:USEA)

Royal Olympic Cruise Lines (OTCMKTS:ROCLF) and United Maritime (NASDAQ:USEA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

1.6% of United Maritime shares are held by institutional investors. 64.1% of Royal Olympic Cruise Lines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Royal Olympic Cruise Lines and United Maritime, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Royal Olympic Cruise Lines	0	0	0	0	0.00
United Maritime	0	0	0	1	4.00

United Maritime has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 212.50%. Given United Maritime’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe United Maritime is more favorable than Royal Olympic Cruise Lines.

Profitability

This table compares Royal Olympic Cruise Lines and United Maritime’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Royal Olympic Cruise Lines	N/A	N/A	N/A
United Maritime	-4.96%	-2.76%	-1.01%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Royal Olympic Cruise Lines and United Maritime”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Royal Olympic Cruise Lines	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
United Maritime	$46.16 million	0.37	$220,000.00	($0.26)	-7.38

United Maritime has higher revenue and earnings than Royal Olympic Cruise Lines.

Volatility & Risk

Royal Olympic Cruise Lines has a beta of -31.44, indicating that its share price is 3,244% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Maritime has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

United Maritime beats Royal Olympic Cruise Lines on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Royal Olympic Cruise Lines

Royal Olympic Cruise Lines, Inc. engages in the ownership, operation, and management of a fleet of cruise ships. The company also provides services under management agreements for other cruise vessels, for which a management fee is charged. Its fleet, in 2002, consisted of seven overnight cruise ships, ranging in capacity from approximately 450 to 836 passengers. The geographical areas served by the company include the eastern and western Mediterranean, South and Central America, the Caribbean, South Africa, and the Far East. Its competitors include Costa Crociere SpA, Mediterranean Shipping Cruises Limited, P&O Cruises Limited, and Holland America. The company was founded in 1938 and is based in Piraeus, Greece.

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.