Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL) Competitors

FLEX LNG (NYSE:FLNG) and Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk and dividends.

Which has more volatility & risk, FLNG or PANL?

FLEX LNG has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FLNG or PANL more profitable?

FLEX LNG has a net margin of 33.03% compared to Pangaea Logistics Solutions' net margin of 4.14%. FLEX LNG's return on equity of 15.61% beat Pangaea Logistics Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FLEX LNG	33.03%	15.61%	4.86%
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	4.14%	7.88%	4.16%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in FLNG or PANL?

60.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of FLEX LNG shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, FLNG or PANL?

FLEX LNG has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pangaea Logistics Solutions. FLEX LNG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pangaea Logistics Solutions, 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
FLEX LNG	$356.35M	3.52	$117.68M	$2.18	10.68
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	$499.27M	0.68	$26.32M	$0.47	11.17

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FLNG or PANL?

Pangaea Logistics Solutions received 324 more outperform votes than FLEX LNG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.07% of users gave Pangaea Logistics Solutions an outperform vote while only 23.08% of users gave FLEX LNG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FLEX LNG	Outperform Votes 6 23.08%	Underperform Votes 20 76.92%
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	Outperform Votes 330 67.07%	Underperform Votes 162 32.93%

Is FLNG or PANL a better dividend stock?

FLEX LNG pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. FLEX LNG pays out 137.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays out 85.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts prefer FLNG or PANL?

FLEX LNG currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.20%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a consensus target price of $10.25, suggesting a potential upside of 95.24%. Given Pangaea Logistics Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pangaea Logistics Solutions is more favorable than FLEX LNG.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FLEX LNG	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to FLNG or PANL?

In the previous week, FLEX LNG had 2 more articles in the media than Pangaea Logistics Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for FLEX LNG and 5 mentions for Pangaea Logistics Solutions. FLEX LNG's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Pangaea Logistics Solutions' score of 0.58 indicating that FLEX LNG is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FLEX LNG	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Pangaea Logistics Solutions beats FLEX LNG on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.