Castor Maritime Inc. (CTRM)Industrials | Marine Shipping | Limassol, Cyprus | NasdaqCM
2.05 USD
-0.10
(-4.651%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 2.09 +0.04 (1.951%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 6:07 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 5:20 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is fundamentally broken by a six-year streak of annual declines, culminating in a catastrophic -99.42% loss over the observation window. Despite reporting net income and acquiring vessels, the market has consistently punished the stock, driving the price from over $400 in 2019 to roughly $2 today. The balance sheet shows severe distress with debt-to-equity exceeding 13x and a price-to-book ratio of merely 0.03, indicating the market values the company at less than 3% of its book value due to perceived insolvency risks or structural decline. There is no dividend to provide income, and the options market is screaming 'sell' with heavy put buying and almost no call interest. While the trailing P/E looks attractive mathematically, it is a value trap built on a foundation of continuous erosion. The recent price action shows some volatility but remains trapped below key moving averages, confirming the bearish trend. Avoid this security until there is undeniable proof of a reversal in the multi-year downtrend. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.046698 |
| AutoETS | 0.046765 |
| MSTL | 0.053876 |
| AutoTheta | 0.056280 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 42% |
| H-stat | 0.27 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.679 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.55 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 13.664 |
| Revenue per Share | 8.562 |
| Market Cap | 19,807,826 |
| Trailing P/E | 0.61 |
| Beta | 1.19 |
| Profit Margins | 103.17% |
| Website | https://www.castormaritime.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 5:20 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for downside protection rather than upside participation. Put open interest dominates across nearly all expirations, with significant volume concentrated in the August 21 expiration where buyers control 101 contracts at the money. Call activity is negligible, with open interest virtually zero for near-term strikes and minimal presence further out. This asymmetry suggests a market consensus expecting continued weakness or a lack of catalysts to drive a rally.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.11157024 |
| Address1 | 223 Christodoulou Chatzipavlou Street |
| Address2 | Hawaii Royal Gardens |
| All Time High | 1,899.9 |
| All Time Low | 1.66 |
| Ask | 2.61 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 46,330 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 55,896 |
| Average Volume | 55,896 |
| Average Volume10Days | 46,330 |
| Beta | 1.194 |
| Bid | 1.52 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | 58.514 |
| City | Limassol |
| Country | Cyprus |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 2.05 |
| Current Ratio | 6.877 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 2.14 |
| Day Low | 2.02 |
| Debt To Equity | 13.664 |
| Display Name | Castor Maritime |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,780,403,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,787,747,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,787,747,400 |
| Ebitda | 15,793,616 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.19091 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 6.142 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.172 |
| Enterprise Value | 96,998,776 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 3.37 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 2.0803 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.03030014 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.014565274 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -11.157024 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 2.654 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.6040001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.22758104 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.66 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.39 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.23493975 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.66 - 2.654 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,549,895,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 9,651,146 |
| Free Cashflow | 50,241,200 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 123 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.48959 |
| Gross Profits | 40,502,764 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00116 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.03916 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 9,662,354 |
| Industry | Marine Shipping |
| Industry Disp | Marine Shipping |
| Industry Key | marine-shipping |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,711,497,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:10 |
| Long Business Summary | Castor Maritime Inc. operates as a shipping and energy company worldwide. The company operates through Dry Bulk, Containership, and Asset Management segments. It offers seaborne transportation services for dry bulk and containership cargoes; and transportation of commodities, such as iron ore, coal, and soybeans. The company also provides technical and commercial ship management and energy infrastructure project services. As of December 31, 2025, the company owned and operated a fleet of 9 vessels primarily consisting of four Kamsarmax, three Panamax, and one Ultramax dry bulk vessels, as well as one 1,850 TEU containerships. Castor Maritime Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Limassol, Cyprus. |
| Long Name | Castor Maritime Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 19,807,826 |
| Market State | PREPRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_545900491 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 76,919,848 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 20,774,061 |
| Open | 2.14 |
| Operating Cashflow | 20,390,898 |
| Operating Margins | 0.105790004 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 357 2 5357767 |
| Post Market Change | 0.03999996 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 1.9512177 |
| Post Market Price | 2.09 |
| Post Market Time | 1,783,980,447 |
| Previous Close | 2.15 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.03503435 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.2394326 |
| Profit Margins | 1.0317 |
| Quick Ratio | 6.099 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.1 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -4.65117 |
| Regular Market Day High | 2.14 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 2.02 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 2.02 - 2.14 |
| Regular Market Open | 2.14 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 2.15 |
| Regular Market Price | 2.05 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,801 |
| Regular Market Volume | 37,433 |
| Return On Assets | 0.00168 |
| Return On Equity | 0.16753 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.045 |
| Revenue Per Share | 8.562 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Shares Outstanding | 9,662,354 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0019 |
| Shares Short | 17,937 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 8,770 |
| Short Name | Castor Maritime Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0019 |
| Short Ratio | 0.26 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | CTRM |
| Total Cash | 211,702,784 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 21.91 |
| Total Debt | 102,698,752 |
| Total Revenue | 82,728,192 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 3.37 |
| Trailing P E | 0.6083086 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 2.076905 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.02690506 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.012954401 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 37,433 |
| Website | https://www.castormaritime.com |
| Zip | 3,036 |