Critical Survey: Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ:OMEX) and SSAB (OTCMKTS:SSAAY)

SSAB (OTCMKTS:SSAAY) and Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ:OMEX) are both materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Volatility & Risk

SSAB has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Odyssey Marine Exploration has a beta of -0.15, indicating that its share price is 115% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

50.0% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Odyssey Marine Exploration shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares SSAB 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
SSAB	$9.84 billion	1.12	$500.98 million	$0.30	18.40
Odyssey Marine Exploration	$350,000.00	151.05	-$43.08 million	($0.85)	-1.06

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for SSAB and Odyssey Marine Exploration, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SSAB	0	2	3	0	2.60
Odyssey Marine Exploration	1	0	0	0	1.00

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SSAB	5.73%	8.18%	5.26%
Odyssey Marine Exploration	-21,320.00%	N/A	-262.11%

Summary

SSAB beats Odyssey Marine Exploration on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SSAB

SSAB AB (publ) produces and sells steel products in Sweden, Finland, Rest of Europe, the United States, and internationally. It operates through five segments: SSAB Special Steels, SSAB Europe, SSAB Americas, Tibnor, and Ruukki Construction. The SSAB Special Steels segment offers quenched and tempered steels, and advanced high-strength steel products for steel and plate production. The SSAB Europe segment provides strip, heavy plate, and tubular products. The SSAB Americas segment sells heavy plates for steel and plate production. The Tibnor segment distributes a range of steel and non-ferrous metals in the Nordics and Baltics. The Ruukki Construction segment produces and sells energy-efficient building and construction solutions. It markets its steel products under the Strenx, Hardox, Docol, GreenCoat, Toolox, Armox, Duroxite, SSAB AM, SSAB Boron, SSAB Domex, SSAB Form, SSAB Laser, SSAB Weathering, Cor-Ten, and SSAB Multisteel brands. The company's products are used by customers in the heavy transport, construction and infrastructure, industrial applications, construction machinery, energy, and material handling markets. SSAB AB (publ) was founded in 1878 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

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.