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Ardmore Shipping (ASC) Competitors

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$11.77 -0.18 (-1.51%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

ASC vs. TRMD, SBLK, BWLP, CMRE, DHT, ULCC, NMM, UP, ULH, and AZUL

Should you be buying Ardmore Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ardmore Shipping include TORM (TRMD), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), BW LPG (BWLP), Costamare (CMRE), DHT (DHT), Frontier Group (ULCC), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), Wheels Up Experience (UP), Universal Logistics (ULH), and Azul (AZUL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Ardmore Shipping vs.

TORM (NASDAQ:TRMD) and Ardmore Shipping (NYSE:ASC) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and media sentiment.

Ardmore Shipping received 436 more outperform votes than TORM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.74% of users gave Ardmore Shipping an outperform vote while only 41.18% of users gave TORM an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TORMOutperform Votes
7
41.18%
Underperform Votes
10
58.82%
Ardmore ShippingOutperform Votes
443
63.74%
Underperform Votes
252
36.26%

TORM pays an annual dividend of $5.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 23.0%. Ardmore Shipping pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. TORM pays out 68.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ardmore Shipping pays out 42.6% 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.

TORM has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardmore Shipping has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

73.9% of TORM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Ardmore Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of TORM shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

TORM has a net margin of 43.81% compared to Ardmore Shipping's net margin of 36.22%. TORM's return on equity of 34.45% beat Ardmore Shipping's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TORM43.81% 34.45% 20.31%
Ardmore Shipping 36.22%23.63%19.42%

TORM has higher revenue and earnings than Ardmore Shipping. TORM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ardmore Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TORM$1.52BN/A$648.27M$7.732.96
Ardmore Shipping$395.98M1.24$116.81M$3.573.30

TORM currently has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 75.05%. Ardmore Shipping has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 69.92%. Given TORM's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe TORM is more favorable than Ardmore Shipping.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TORM
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Ardmore Shipping
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, TORM had 6 more articles in the media than Ardmore Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for TORM and 5 mentions for Ardmore Shipping. Ardmore Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat TORM's score of 0.15 indicating that Ardmore Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
TORM
0 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ardmore Shipping
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

TORM beats Ardmore Shipping on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ASC vs. The Competition

MetricArdmore ShippingDeep sea foreign transportation of freight IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$492.46M$754.51M$333.04B$19.82B
Dividend Yield12.73%7.03%4.43%3.50%
P/E Ratio3.304.8314.3242.32
Price / Sales1.241.6652.5620.76
Price / Cash3.414.9513.0421.65
Price / Book0.790.792.154.66
Net Income$116.81M$91.81M$570.30M$983.45M
7 Day Performance-3.13%-1.70%-2.16%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-29.44%-2.60%-1.08%-0.47%
1 Year Performance-8.58%20.49%15.90%24.69%

Ardmore Shipping Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASC
Ardmore Shipping
4.651 of 5 stars
$11.77
-1.5%
$20.00
+69.9%
-8.6%$492.48M$395.98M3.30990Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
TRMD
TORM
3.5226 of 5 stars
$22.95
-3.6%
N/A-27.5%$1.87B$1.63B2.97440Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
SBLK
Star Bulk Carriers
3.7805 of 5 stars
$19.90
-2.1%
N/A+7.5%$1.67B$949.27M7.32180Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
BWLP
BW LPG
N/A$12.61
-0.7%
N/AN/A$1.66BN/A0.001,546Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Negative News
High Trading Volume
CMRE
Costamare
1.7905 of 5 stars
$13.99
-0.8%
N/A+53.7%$1.65B$1.51B4.652,870
DHT
DHT
4.7048 of 5 stars
$10.17
-1.5%
N/A+3.0%$1.64B$573.22M10.481,212Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
ULCC
Frontier Group
2.3544 of 5 stars
$6.67
-0.7%
N/A+77.5%$1.50B$3.66B-166.717,235Analyst Forecast
NMM
Navios Maritime Partners
4.6435 of 5 stars
$48.87
-5.7%
N/A+131.9%$1.46B$1.31B3.71186Ex-Dividend
High Trading Volume
UP
Wheels Up Experience
0.3061 of 5 stars
$2.03
-1.9%
N/A+42.9%$1.42B$1.25B-4.062,206
ULH
Universal Logistics
1.7873 of 5 stars
$51.80
-0.5%
N/A+100.4%$1.36B$1.66B10.409,311Positive News
AZUL
Azul
3.4631 of 5 stars
$2.71
+1.5%
N/A-74.5%$1.14B$3.74B-0.2816,017Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:ASC) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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