OP vs. PSHG, YELLQ, YELL, MODV, USEA, GVH, LSH, JYD, JTAI, and YGMZ
Should you be buying OceanPal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OceanPal include Performance Shipping (PSHG), Yellow (YELLQ), Yellow (YELL), ModivCare (MODV), United Maritime (USEA), Globavend (GVH), Lakeside (LSH), Jayud Global Logistics (JYD), Jet.AI (JTAI), and MingZhu Logistics (YGMZ). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
OceanPal vs.
Performance Shipping (NASDAQ:PSHG) and OceanPal (NASDAQ:OP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and community ranking.
Performance Shipping has higher earnings, but lower revenue than OceanPal. OceanPal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Performance Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Performance Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. OceanPal pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 289.9%. Performance Shipping pays out 8.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OceanPal pays out -75.8% 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. OceanPal is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, OceanPal had 2 more articles in the media than Performance Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for OceanPal and 3 mentions for Performance Shipping. OceanPal's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Performance Shipping's score of 0.00 indicating that OceanPal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
19.9% of Performance Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Performance Shipping shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Performance Shipping presently has a consensus target price of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 364.29%. Given Performance Shipping's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Performance Shipping is more favorable than OceanPal.
Performance Shipping received 5 more outperform votes than OceanPal when rated by MarketBeat users.
Performance Shipping has a beta of -0.56, indicating that its stock price is 156% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OceanPal has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Performance Shipping has a net margin of 49.49% compared to OceanPal's net margin of -37.37%. Performance Shipping's return on equity of 16.99% beat OceanPal's return on equity.
Summary
Performance Shipping beats OceanPal on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:OP) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
