DSX vs. NVGS, ECO, GSL, CPLP, GNK, TNP, ASC, TK, SB, and OSG
Should you be buying Diana Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diana Shipping include Navigator (NVGS), Okeanis Eco Tankers (ECO), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Teekay (TK), Safe Bulkers (SB), and Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Navigator (NYSE:NVGS) and Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Navigator has a net margin of 15.68% compared to Navigator's net margin of 11.81%. Navigator's return on equity of 7.06% beat Diana Shipping's return on equity.
Navigator currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.29%. Diana Shipping has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.33%. Given Diana Shipping's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Navigator is more favorable than Diana Shipping.
Navigator has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diana Shipping has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Diana Shipping had 4 more articles in the media than Navigator. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Diana Shipping and 0 mentions for Navigator. Navigator's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Diana Shipping's score of 0.00 indicating that Diana Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Navigator pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Diana Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Navigator pays out 17.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diana Shipping pays out 136.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
19.0% of Navigator shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.7% of Diana Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Navigator shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Diana Shipping received 33 more outperform votes than Navigator when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.71% of users gave Navigator an outperform vote while only 52.50% of users gave Diana Shipping an outperform vote.
Navigator has higher revenue and earnings than Diana Shipping. Diana Shipping is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Navigator, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Navigator beats Diana Shipping on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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