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$2.62 -0.04 (-1.50%)
(As of 12/20/2024 04:32 PM ET)

BEST vs. HSHP, KNOP, GASS, FLYX, SPCE, SMHI, DLNG, SHIP, TOUR, and CACO

Should you be buying BEST stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BEST include Himalaya Shipping (HSHP), KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP), StealthGas (GASS), flyExclusive (FLYX), Virgin Galactic (SPCE), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), Dynagas LNG Partners (DLNG), Seanergy Maritime (SHIP), Tuniu (TOUR), and Caravelle International Group (CACO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

BEST vs.

Himalaya Shipping (NYSE:HSHP) and BEST (NYSE:BEST) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Himalaya Shipping$112.30M1.63$1.51M$1.393.31
BEST$8.54B0.01-$114.71M-$5.26-0.50

Himalaya Shipping has a beta of 2.36, suggesting that its share price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BEST has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Himalaya Shipping has a net margin of 21.93% compared to BEST's net margin of -8.57%. Himalaya Shipping's return on equity of 15.72% beat BEST's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Himalaya Shipping21.93% 15.72% 3.14%
BEST -8.57%N/A -9.93%

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Himalaya Shipping
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
BEST
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, BEST had 24 more articles in the media than Himalaya Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for BEST and 0 mentions for Himalaya Shipping. BEST's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Himalaya Shipping's score of 0.00 indicating that BEST is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Himalaya Shipping Neutral
BEST Positive

22.3% of Himalaya Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of BEST shares are held by institutional investors. 41.7% of BEST shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

BEST received 51 more outperform votes than Himalaya Shipping when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.96% of users gave BEST an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Himalaya Shipping an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Himalaya ShippingOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
1
100.00%
BESTOutperform Votes
51
62.96%
Underperform Votes
30
37.04%

Summary

Himalaya Shipping beats BEST on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BEST vs. The Competition

MetricBESTTrucking & courier services, except air IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$53.35M$21.99B$303.23B$19.18B
Dividend YieldN/A3.23%4.45%3.60%
P/E Ratio-0.5011.5617.8141.26
Price / Sales0.010.5255.7717.60
Price / CashN/A8.0113.0321.28
Price / Book-1.433.122.115.32
Net Income-$114.71M$1.67B$577.06M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-1.50%-5.02%-2.46%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-1.67%-3.36%-3.27%-3.68%
1 Year Performance4.80%-14.22%-0.71%12.14%

BEST Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BEST
BEST
1.1049 of 5 stars
$2.62
-1.5%
N/A+5.6%$53.35M$8.54B-0.503,572
HSHP
Himalaya Shipping
1.4762 of 5 stars
$4.85
-4.5%
N/A-27.3%$193.38M$112.30M3.662Gap Down
KNOP
KNOT Offshore Partners
1.5718 of 5 stars
$5.60
-1.9%
N/A-10.6%$192.06M$300.37M-13.281
GASS
StealthGas
2.142 of 5 stars
$4.94
-2.9%
N/A-30.5%$181.50M$157.93M2.80N/A
FLYX
flyExclusive
1.2594 of 5 stars
$2.33
-0.9%
$9.00
+286.3%
N/A$181.34M$311.87M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Gap Up
SPCE
Virgin Galactic
1.3727 of 5 stars
$6.28
-3.1%
$25.50
+306.1%
-87.0%$181.34M$9.42M-0.38800
SMHI
SEACOR Marine
1.5244 of 5 stars
$6.31
-0.8%
N/A-53.5%$174.47M$279.51M-3.791,256Positive News
DLNG
Dynagas LNG Partners
N/A$4.44
-2.8%
N/A+69.3%$163.39M$148.88M4.332,020Analyst Forecast
Positive News
High Trading Volume
SHIP
Seanergy Maritime
4.0358 of 5 stars
$7.17
-1.9%
$12.50
+74.3%
-1.4%$148.42M$110.23M3.1250
TOUR
Tuniu
1.7237 of 5 stars
$1.07
+2.8%
N/A+50.8%$132.40M$62.15M-104,000.001,920Positive News
Gap Up
CACO
Caravelle International Group
N/A$2.48
+4.2%
N/A+358.0%$130.88M$95.26M0.002

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This page (NYSE:BEST) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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