DSX vs. NVGS, GSL, GNK, TNP, ASC, TK, OSG, SB, PANL, and HSHP
Should you be buying Diana Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diana Shipping include Navigator (NVGS), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Teekay (TK), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Safe Bulkers (SB), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), and Himalaya Shipping (HSHP). 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Navigator currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.35%. 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 possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Navigator is more favorable than Diana Shipping.
Navigator has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diana Shipping has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Navigator pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. 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.
In the previous week, Diana Shipping had 13 more articles in the media than Navigator. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Diana Shipping and 2 mentions for Navigator. Diana Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Navigator's score of -0.03 indicating that Navigator is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
19.0% of Navigator shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.7% of Diana Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Navigator shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
Summary
Navigator beats Diana Shipping on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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