ASC vs. DESP, DAC, BWLP, SBLK, ULCC, CMRE, FLNG, NMM, CCEC, and NVGS
Should you be buying Ardmore Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ardmore Shipping include Despegar.com (DESP), Danaos (DAC), BW LPG (BWLP), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Frontier Group (ULCC), Costamare (CMRE), FLEX LNG (FLNG), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC), and Navigator (NVGS). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Ardmore Shipping vs.
Ardmore Shipping (NYSE:ASC) and Despegar.com (NYSE:DESP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.
Ardmore Shipping has a net margin of 32.78% compared to Despegar.com's net margin of 4.45%. Ardmore Shipping's return on equity of 20.48% beat Despegar.com's return on equity.
Ardmore Shipping received 182 more outperform votes than Despegar.com when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.70% of users gave Ardmore Shipping an outperform vote while only 60.51% of users gave Despegar.com an outperform vote.
Ardmore Shipping has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Despegar.com.
In the previous week, Despegar.com had 5 more articles in the media than Ardmore Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Despegar.com and 2 mentions for Ardmore Shipping. Despegar.com's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Ardmore Shipping's score of 0.76 indicating that Despegar.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ardmore Shipping has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Despegar.com has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ardmore Shipping currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 79.55%. Despegar.com has a consensus price target of $17.20, indicating a potential downside of 10.16%. Given Ardmore Shipping's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ardmore Shipping is more favorable than Despegar.com.
62.2% of Ardmore Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Despegar.com shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Despegar.com shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Ardmore Shipping beats Despegar.com on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ASC) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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