LIND vs. ZIM, CMBT, TRMD, GEL, ARCB, DHT, INSW, DESP, DAC, and BWLP
Should you be buying Lindblad Expeditions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lindblad Expeditions include ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Euronav (CMBT), TORM (TRMD), Genesis Energy (GEL), ArcBest (ARCB), DHT (DHT), International Seaways (INSW), Despegar.com (DESP), Danaos (DAC), and BW LPG (BWLP). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Lindblad Expeditions vs.
Lindblad Expeditions (NASDAQ:LIND) and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE:ZIM) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
In the previous week, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services had 9 more articles in the media than Lindblad Expeditions. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services and 4 mentions for Lindblad Expeditions. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Lindblad Expeditions' score of 0.53 indicating that ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lindblad Expeditions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. Lindblad Expeditions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lindblad Expeditions received 201 more outperform votes than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.91% of users gave Lindblad Expeditions an outperform vote while only 37.76% of users gave ZIM Integrated Shipping Services an outperform vote.
75.9% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.4% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are held by institutional investors. 34.3% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a net margin of 19.26% compared to Lindblad Expeditions' net margin of -5.40%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' return on equity of 48.63% beat Lindblad Expeditions' return on equity.
Lindblad Expeditions has a beta of 3.12, suggesting that its share price is 212% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lindblad Expeditions presently has a consensus price target of $14.25, suggesting a potential upside of 37.15%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a consensus price target of $13.54, suggesting a potential downside of 10.86%. Given Lindblad Expeditions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lindblad Expeditions is more favorable than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services.
Summary
Lindblad Expeditions beats ZIM Integrated Shipping Services on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LIND) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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