PANL vs. DSX, HSHP, SMHI, CPLP, ESEA, OSG, GASS, SHIP, IMPP, and SB
Should you be buying Pangaea Logistics Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pangaea Logistics Solutions include Diana Shipping (DSX), Himalaya Shipping (HSHP), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), Euroseas (ESEA), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), StealthGas (GASS), Seanergy Maritime (SHIP), Imperial Petroleum (IMPP), and Safe Bulkers (SB). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) and Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Diana Shipping has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Diana Shipping has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pangaea Logistics Solutions. Diana Shipping is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pangaea Logistics Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
48.7% of Diana Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Diana Shipping has a net margin of 19.02% compared to Diana Shipping's net margin of 7.04%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions' return on equity of 10.34% beat Diana Shipping's return on equity.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a consensus price target of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 30.74%. Given Diana Shipping's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pangaea Logistics Solutions is more favorable than Diana Shipping.
In the previous week, Pangaea Logistics Solutions had 3 more articles in the media than Diana Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pangaea Logistics Solutions and 1 mentions for Diana Shipping. Pangaea Logistics Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.94 beat Diana Shipping's score of 0.98 indicating that Diana Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Diana Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Diana Shipping pays out 69.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Pangaea Logistics Solutions has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Diana Shipping received 22 more outperform votes than Pangaea Logistics Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.22% of users gave Pangaea Logistics Solutions an outperform vote while only 52.58% of users gave Diana Shipping an outperform vote.
Summary
Pangaea Logistics Solutions beats Diana Shipping on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PANL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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