Air T (AIRT) Competitors

Air T (NASDAQ:AIRT) and Himalaya Shipping (NYSE:HSHP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AIRT or HSHP?

Air T received 179 more outperform votes than Himalaya Shipping when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.37% of users gave Air T an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Himalaya Shipping an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Air T	Outperform Votes 179 46.37%	Underperform Votes 207 53.63%
Himalaya Shipping	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%

Is AIRT or HSHP a better dividend stock?

Air T pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Himalaya Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Air T pays out -107.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Himalaya Shipping pays out 39.6% 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.

Do analysts prefer AIRT or HSHP?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Air T	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Himalaya Shipping	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in AIRT or HSHP?

8.9% of Air T shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.3% of Himalaya Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. 67.7% of Air T shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, AIRT or HSHP?

Air T has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Himalaya Shipping has a beta of 2.56, meaning that its stock price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AIRT or HSHP more profitable?

Himalaya Shipping has a net margin of 17.03% compared to Air T's net margin of -0.27%. Himalaya Shipping's return on equity of 13.36% beat Air T's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Air T	-0.27%	-12.16%	-0.44%
Himalaya Shipping	17.03%	13.36%	2.49%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, AIRT or HSHP?

Himalaya Shipping has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Air T. Air T is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Himalaya Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Air T	$298.22M	0.16	-$6.82M	-$0.28	-63.13
Himalaya Shipping	$123.58M	1.68	$1.51M	$0.48	10.88

Does the media favor AIRT or HSHP?

In the previous week, Air T and Air T both had 1 articles in the media. Himalaya Shipping's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Air T's score of 1.08 indicating that Himalaya Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Air T	Positive
Himalaya Shipping	Very Positive

Summary

Himalaya Shipping beats Air T on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.