ASC vs. BWLP, DAC, DESP, GEL, SBLK, FLNG, NMM, CMRE, NVGS, and CCEC
Should you be buying Ardmore Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ardmore Shipping include BW LPG (BWLP), Danaos (DAC), Despegar.com (DESP), Genesis Energy (GEL), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), FLEX LNG (FLNG), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), Costamare (CMRE), Navigator (NVGS), and Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Ardmore Shipping vs.
Ardmore Shipping (NYSE:ASC) and BW LPG (NYSE:BWLP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
Ardmore Shipping has a net margin of 32.78% compared to BW LPG's net margin of 0.00%. Ardmore Shipping's return on equity of 20.48% beat BW LPG's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ardmore Shipping had 11 more articles in the media than BW LPG. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Ardmore Shipping and 1 mentions for BW LPG. Ardmore Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat BW LPG's score of 0.00 indicating that Ardmore Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ardmore Shipping presently has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 79.35%. Given Ardmore Shipping's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ardmore Shipping is more favorable than BW LPG.
Ardmore Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. BW LPG pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. Ardmore Shipping pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Ardmore Shipping received 443 more outperform votes than BW LPG when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave BW LPG an outperform vote while only 63.70% of users gave Ardmore Shipping an outperform vote.
Ardmore Shipping has higher revenue and earnings than BW LPG.
62.2% of Ardmore Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Ardmore Shipping beats BW LPG on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ASC) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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