PANL vs. DSX, NVGS, GSL, GNK, ASC, TNP, TK, OSG, SB, and SMHI
Should you be buying Pangaea Logistics Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pangaea Logistics Solutions include Diana Shipping (DSX), Navigator (NVGS), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), Teekay (TK), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Safe Bulkers (SB), and SEACOR Marine (SMHI). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) 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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.
Diana Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Diana Shipping pays out 69.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays out 52.6% 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. Pangaea Logistics Solutions has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Diana Shipping has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Diana Shipping has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pangaea Logistics Solutions. Diana Shipping 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.
48.7% of Diana Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Diana Shipping has a net margin of 19.02% compared to Diana Shipping's net margin of 7.04%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions' return on equity of 10.34% beat Diana Shipping's return on equity.
In the previous week, Diana Shipping had 8 more articles in the media than Pangaea Logistics Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Diana Shipping and 6 mentions for Pangaea Logistics Solutions. Diana Shipping's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Pangaea Logistics Solutions' score of -0.15 indicating that Pangaea Logistics Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Diana Shipping presently has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.33%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a consensus price target of $10.25, suggesting a potential upside of 26.86%. Given Diana Shipping's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pangaea Logistics Solutions is more favorable than Diana Shipping.
Diana Shipping received 22 more outperform votes than Pangaea Logistics Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.22% of users gave Pangaea Logistics Solutions an outperform vote while only 52.50% of users gave Diana Shipping an outperform vote.
Summary
Pangaea Logistics Solutions beats Diana Shipping on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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