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Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK) Competitors

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$14.94 -0.06 (-0.40%)
(As of 12/17/2024 06:00 PM ET)

SBLK vs. CUK, RXO, GBTG, VRRM, OMAB, HAFN, ARCB, ZIM, CMBT, and INSW

Should you be buying Star Bulk Carriers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Star Bulk Carriers include Carnival Co. & (CUK), RXO (RXO), Global Business Travel Group (GBTG), Verra Mobility (VRRM), Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMAB), Hafnia (HAFN), ArcBest (ARCB), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Euronav (CMBT), and International Seaways (INSW). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Star Bulk Carriers vs.

Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CUK) and Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ:SBLK) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Star Bulk Carriers has a net margin of 24.75% compared to Carnival Co. &'s net margin of 6.39%. Carnival Co. &'s return on equity of 22.30% beat Star Bulk Carriers' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Carnival Co. &6.39% 22.30% 3.26%
Star Bulk Carriers 24.75%14.82%8.54%

In the previous week, Star Bulk Carriers had 4 more articles in the media than Carnival Co. &. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Star Bulk Carriers and 10 mentions for Carnival Co. &. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Star Bulk Carriers' score of 0.53 indicating that Carnival Co. & is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Carnival Co. &
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Star Bulk Carriers
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Star Bulk Carriers has a consensus target price of $23.80, indicating a potential upside of 59.30%. Given Star Bulk Carriers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Star Bulk Carriers is more favorable than Carnival Co. &.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Carnival Co. &
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Star Bulk Carriers
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Carnival Co. & pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Star Bulk Carriers pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.1%. Carnival Co. & pays out 178.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Star Bulk Carriers pays out 81.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Star Bulk Carriers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.72, suggesting that its stock price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Star Bulk Carriers has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Star Bulk Carriers received 185 more outperform votes than Carnival Co. & when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.29% of users gave Star Bulk Carriers an outperform vote while only 64.66% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Carnival Co. &Outperform Votes
300
64.66%
Underperform Votes
164
35.34%
Star Bulk CarriersOutperform Votes
485
70.29%
Underperform Votes
205
29.71%

Star Bulk Carriers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Carnival Co. &. Star Bulk Carriers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carnival Co. &, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Carnival Co. &$24.48B0.18-$74M$1.1220.88
Star Bulk Carriers$1.22B1.03$173.56M$2.965.05

23.8% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.9% of Star Bulk Carriers shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Star Bulk Carriers shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

Star Bulk Carriers beats Carnival Co. & on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SBLK vs. The Competition

MetricStar Bulk CarriersDeep sea foreign transportation of freight IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.26B$759.80M$300.37B$9.32B
Dividend Yield15.53%6.93%4.48%4.06%
P/E Ratio5.055.3019.0717.54
Price / Sales1.031.3159.82139.66
Price / Cash3.854.3913.0337.95
Price / Book0.760.692.174.92
Net Income$173.56M$91.81M$543.10M$225.78M
7 Day Performance-3.68%-3.91%-1.87%-1.56%
1 Month Performance-26.91%-11.17%-2.00%6.68%
1 Year Performance-29.56%-0.04%4.07%22.48%

Star Bulk Carriers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SBLK
Star Bulk Carriers
3.6869 of 5 stars
$14.94
-0.4%
$23.80
+59.3%
-29.5%$1.26B$1.22B5.05180News Coverage
CUK
Carnival Co. &
1.745 of 5 stars
$23.65
+0.6%
N/A+37.9%$4.44B$24.48B20.99106,000Short Interest ↓
RXO
RXO
3.0377 of 5 stars
$26.96
-1.2%
$26.47
-1.8%
+13.4%$4.33B$3.93B-13.788,432
GBTG
Global Business Travel Group
0.9249 of 5 stars
$9.01
+0.1%
$9.88
+9.6%
+49.6%$4.24B$2.38B-25.0019,000Short Interest ↑
VRRM
Verra Mobility
2.2093 of 5 stars
$24.09
+1.3%
$27.33
+13.5%
+7.3%$3.97B$868.72M39.651,788News Coverage
Positive News
OMAB
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte
2.1269 of 5 stars
$73.98
+1.8%
$80.83
+9.3%
-11.2%$3.15B$816.21M12.821,270Positive News
HAFN
Hafnia
3.636 of 5 stars
$5.28
-2.6%
$9.00
+70.5%
N/A$2.68B$3.04B3.145,040Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
ARCB
ArcBest
4.4913 of 5 stars
$108.98
+0.4%
$124.50
+14.2%
-7.1%$2.55B$4.27B13.3915,000Positive News
ZIM
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
2.8217 of 5 stars
$19.32
-2.8%
$15.74
-18.5%
+90.9%$2.33B$5.16B1.664,778Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
CMBT
Euronav
N/A$8.67
-5.1%
N/AN/A$1.75B$982.85M1.483,150
INSW
International Seaways
4.5286 of 5 stars
$33.82
-3.3%
$60.67
+79.4%
-25.4%$1.66B$1.07B3.382,698Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:SBLK) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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