Lindblad Expeditions (LIND) Competitors

DHT (NYSE:DHT) and Lindblad Expeditions (NASDAQ:LIND) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend DHT or LIND?

DHT presently has a consensus target price of $12.68, suggesting a potential upside of 25.50%. Lindblad Expeditions has a consensus target price of $15.67, suggesting a potential upside of 97.81%. Given Lindblad Expeditions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lindblad Expeditions is more favorable than DHT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DHT	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Lindblad Expeditions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DHT or LIND?

DHT received 332 more outperform votes than Lindblad Expeditions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.70% of users gave DHT an outperform vote while only 57.91% of users gave Lindblad Expeditions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DHT	Outperform Votes 570 72.70%	Underperform Votes 214 27.30%
Lindblad Expeditions	Outperform Votes 238 57.91%	Underperform Votes 173 42.09%

Which has more risk and volatility, DHT or LIND?

DHT has a beta of -0.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lindblad Expeditions has a beta of 2.87, suggesting that its stock price is 187% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to DHT or LIND?

In the previous week, DHT had 9 more articles in the media than Lindblad Expeditions. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for DHT and 6 mentions for Lindblad Expeditions. Lindblad Expeditions' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat DHT's score of 0.58 indicating that Lindblad Expeditions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DHT	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lindblad Expeditions	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DHT or LIND more profitable?

DHT has a net margin of 31.72% compared to Lindblad Expeditions' net margin of -5.40%. DHT's return on equity of 17.42% beat Lindblad Expeditions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DHT	31.72%	17.42%	12.25%
Lindblad Expeditions	-5.40%	N/A	-3.89%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DHT or LIND?

DHT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lindblad Expeditions. Lindblad Expeditions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DHT, 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
DHT	$571.77M	2.85	$181.38M	$1.12	9.02
Lindblad Expeditions	$644.73M	0.67	-$45.61M	-$0.70	-11.31

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in DHT or LIND?

58.5% of DHT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of DHT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.3% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

DHT beats Lindblad Expeditions on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.