StealthGas (GASS) Competitors

Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) and StealthGas (NASDAQ:GASS) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Is GSL or GASS more profitable?

Global Ship Lease has a net margin of 46.38% compared to StealthGas' net margin of 40.87%. Global Ship Lease's return on equity of 27.88% beat StealthGas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Ship Lease	46.38%	27.88%	16.36%
StealthGas	40.87%	11.36%	9.11%

Does the media prefer GSL or GASS?

In the previous week, StealthGas had 5 more articles in the media than Global Ship Lease. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for StealthGas and 2 mentions for Global Ship Lease. Global Ship Lease's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat StealthGas' score of 0.00 indicating that Global Ship Lease is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Global Ship Lease	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
StealthGas	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GSL or GASS?

StealthGas received 141 more outperform votes than Global Ship Lease when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.57% of users gave StealthGas an outperform vote while only 61.57% of users gave Global Ship Lease an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Global Ship Lease	Outperform Votes 157 61.57%	Underperform Votes 98 38.43%
StealthGas	Outperform Votes 298 67.57%	Underperform Votes 143 32.43%

Do analysts prefer GSL or GASS?

Global Ship Lease currently has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.43%. Given Global Ship Lease's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Global Ship Lease is more favorable than StealthGas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Ship Lease	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
StealthGas	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk & volatility, GSL or GASS?

Global Ship Lease has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StealthGas has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, GSL or GASS?

Global Ship Lease has higher revenue and earnings than StealthGas. Global Ship Lease is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than StealthGas, 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
Global Ship Lease	$674.79M	1.24	$304.50M	$9.03	2.51
StealthGas	$143.53M	1.54	$51.94M	$1.77	3.40

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GSL or GASS?

50.1% of Global Ship Lease shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of StealthGas shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of Global Ship Lease shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of StealthGas shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Global Ship Lease beats StealthGas on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.