Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ:OMEX – Get Free Report) and Commercial Metals (NYSE:CMC – Get Free Report) are both materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk and valuation.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations for Odyssey Marine Exploration and Commercial Metals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Odyssey Marine Exploration | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Commercial Metals | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2.60 |
Commercial Metals has a consensus target price of $78.73, indicating a potential upside of 25.38%. Given Commercial Metals’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Commercial Metals is more favorable than Odyssey Marine Exploration.
Profitability
This table compares Odyssey Marine Exploration and Commercial Metals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Odyssey Marine Exploration | -21,320.00% | N/A | -262.11% |
| Commercial Metals | 6.98% | 17.00% | 7.85% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Odyssey Marine Exploration and Commercial Metals”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Odyssey Marine Exploration | $350,000.00 | 93.02 | -$43.08 million | ($0.85) | -0.65 |
| Commercial Metals | $9.39 billion | 0.74 | $655.85 million | $5.87 | 10.70 |
Commercial Metals has higher revenue and earnings than Odyssey Marine Exploration. Odyssey Marine Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commercial Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Odyssey Marine Exploration has a beta of 0.06, meaning that its share price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commercial Metals has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
50.0% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Commercial Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Commercial Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Commercial Metals beats Odyssey Marine Exploration on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Commercial Metals
Commercial Metals Company manufactures, recycles, and fabricates steel and metal products, and related materials and services in the United States, Poland, China, and internationally. It operates through two segments, North America and Europe. The company processes and sells ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals to steel mills and foundries, aluminum sheet and ingot manufacturers, brass and bronze ingot makers, copper refineries and mills, secondary lead smelters, specialty steel mills, high temperature alloy manufacturers, and other consumers. It also manufactures and sells finished long steel products, including reinforcing bar, merchant bar, light structural, and other special sections, as well as semi-finished billets for rerolling and forging applications. In addition, the company provides fabricated rebar used to reinforce concrete primarily in the construction of commercial and non-commercial buildings, hospitals, convention centers, industrial plants, power plants, highways, bridges, arenas, stadiums, and dams; sells and rents construction-related products and equipment to concrete installers and other businesses; and manufactures and sells strength bars for the truck trailer industry, special bar steels for the energy market, and armor plates for military vehicles. Further, it manufactures rebars, merchant bars, and wire rods; and sells fabricated rebars, wire meshes, fabricated meshes, assembled rebar cages, and other fabricated rebar by-products to fabricators, manufacturers, distributors, and construction companies. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.
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