ASC vs. ARCB, DKL, ZIM, CMBT, INSW, TRMD, DHT, ULCC, BWLP, and DAC
Should you be buying Ardmore Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ardmore Shipping include ArcBest (ARCB), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Euronav (CMBT), International Seaways (INSW), TORM (TRMD), DHT (DHT), Frontier Group (ULCC), BW LPG (BWLP), and Danaos (DAC). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Ardmore Shipping vs.
ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) and Ardmore Shipping (NYSE:ASC) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, ArcBest had 4 more articles in the media than Ardmore Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for ArcBest and 4 mentions for Ardmore Shipping. Ardmore Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat ArcBest's score of -0.04 indicating that Ardmore Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ArcBest received 4 more outperform votes than Ardmore Shipping when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.74% of users gave Ardmore Shipping an outperform vote while only 52.90% of users gave ArcBest an outperform vote.
ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Ardmore Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. ArcBest pays out 5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ardmore Shipping pays out 20.2% 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.
99.3% of ArcBest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Ardmore Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of ArcBest shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ArcBest has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardmore Shipping has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ArcBest currently has a consensus price target of $123.67, suggesting a potential upside of 23.43%. Ardmore Shipping has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 63.33%. Given Ardmore Shipping's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ardmore Shipping is more favorable than ArcBest.
ArcBest has higher revenue and earnings than Ardmore Shipping. Ardmore Shipping is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ArcBest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ardmore Shipping has a net margin of 36.22% compared to ArcBest's net margin of 4.54%. Ardmore Shipping's return on equity of 23.63% beat ArcBest's return on equity.
Summary
ArcBest beats Ardmore Shipping on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ASC) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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