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Ardmore Shipping (ASC) Competitors

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$11.22 +0.13 (+1.17%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

ASC vs. CMBT, INSW, CMRE, DHT, ULCC, UP, BWLP, NMM, ULH, and SBLK

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

Ardmore Shipping vs.

Euronav (NYSE:CMBT) and Ardmore Shipping (NYSE:ASC) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

62.2% of Ardmore Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Euronav has a net margin of 117.02% compared to Ardmore Shipping's net margin of 36.22%. Ardmore Shipping's return on equity of 23.63% beat Euronav's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Euronav117.02% 22.29% 10.17%
Ardmore Shipping 36.22%23.63%19.42%

Euronav pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Ardmore Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Euronav pays out 8.8% 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.

Euronav has higher revenue and earnings than Ardmore Shipping. Euronav 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
Euronav$982.85M1.91$858.03M$5.931.57
Ardmore Shipping$422.62M1.11$116.81M$3.573.14

Euronav has a beta of -0.12, meaning that its stock price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardmore Shipping has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ardmore Shipping has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 78.25%. Given Ardmore Shipping's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ardmore Shipping is more favorable than Euronav.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Euronav
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
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, Euronav had 1 more articles in the media than Ardmore Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Euronav and 2 mentions for Ardmore Shipping. Ardmore Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Euronav's score of 0.63 indicating that Ardmore Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Euronav
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ardmore Shipping
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ardmore Shipping received 443 more outperform votes than Euronav when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
EuronavN/AN/A
Ardmore ShippingOutperform Votes
443
63.74%
Underperform Votes
252
36.26%

Summary

Ardmore Shipping beats Euronav on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ASC vs. The Competition

MetricArdmore ShippingDeep sea foreign transportation of freight IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$469.47M$763.46M$300.38B$19.67B
Dividend Yield6.42%6.93%4.48%3.51%
P/E Ratio3.145.3019.0743.80
Price / Sales1.111.3159.7917.65
Price / Cash3.274.3913.0321.73
Price / Book0.890.692.175.46
Net Income$116.81M$91.81M$543.10M$987.68M
7 Day Performance-2.26%-3.91%-1.87%-2.32%
1 Month Performance-5.99%-11.17%-2.00%0.63%
1 Year Performance-21.92%-0.04%4.07%16.39%

Ardmore Shipping Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASC
Ardmore Shipping
4.424 of 5 stars
$11.22
+1.2%
$20.00
+78.3%
-21.3%$469.47M$422.62M3.14990
CMBT
Euronav
N/A$8.68
-5.0%
N/AN/A$1.75B$982.85M1.483,150
INSW
International Seaways
4.531 of 5 stars
$33.78
-3.4%
$60.67
+79.6%
-25.4%$1.66B$1.07B3.382,698Short Interest ↑
CMRE
Costamare
2.7553 of 5 stars
$12.62
-2.5%
$13.50
+7.0%
+25.3%$1.48B$1.51B4.302,870Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
DHT
DHT
4.8303 of 5 stars
$8.97
-1.6%
$13.54
+50.9%
-11.0%$1.45B$583.76M9.121,212
ULCC
Frontier Group
1.663 of 5 stars
$6.42
+1.7%
$6.46
+0.6%
+27.8%$1.45B$3.59B-157.717,235
UP
Wheels Up Experience
0.5017 of 5 stars
$2.01
-4.3%
N/A+13.1%$1.40B$833.67M-4.202,206Gap Down
BWLP
BW LPG
N/A$10.63
-2.4%
N/AN/A$1.40B$3.51B0.001,546Gap Down
High Trading Volume
NMM
Navios Maritime Partners
4.3508 of 5 stars
$43.92
+0.4%
$80.00
+82.1%
+58.0%$1.31B$1.33B3.32186
ULH
Universal Logistics
1.4814 of 5 stars
$48.40
-0.1%
$46.00
-5.0%
+82.6%$1.27B$1.66B9.769,311News Coverage
Positive News
SBLK
Star Bulk Carriers
3.68 of 5 stars
$15.00
-1.0%
$23.80
+58.7%
-29.5%$1.26B$1.22B5.05180News Coverage

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