Dynagas LNG Partners (DLNG) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DLNG or ASC?

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

Which has more volatility and risk, DLNG or ASC?

Dynagas LNG Partners has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardmore Shipping has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend DLNG or ASC?

Ardmore Shipping has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 69.92%. Given Ardmore Shipping's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ardmore Shipping is more favorable than Dynagas LNG Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dynagas LNG Partners	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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DLNG or ASC?

Ardmore Shipping received 64 more outperform votes than Dynagas LNG Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.56% of users gave Dynagas LNG Partners an outperform vote while only 63.74% of users gave Ardmore Shipping an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dynagas LNG Partners	Outperform Votes 379 67.56%	Underperform Votes 182 32.44%
Ardmore Shipping	Outperform Votes 443 63.74%	Underperform Votes 252 36.26%

Does the media refer more to DLNG or ASC?

In the previous week, Ardmore Shipping had 3 more articles in the media than Dynagas LNG Partners. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ardmore Shipping and 2 mentions for Dynagas LNG Partners. Ardmore Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Dynagas LNG Partners' score of 0.53 indicating that Ardmore Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dynagas LNG Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ardmore Shipping	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DLNG or ASC?

Ardmore Shipping has higher revenue and earnings than Dynagas LNG Partners. Ardmore Shipping is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dynagas LNG Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dynagas LNG Partners	$148.88M	1.04	$35.85M	$0.60	6.98
Ardmore Shipping	$395.98M	1.24	$116.81M	$3.57	3.30

Is DLNG or ASC more profitable?

Ardmore Shipping has a net margin of 36.22% compared to Dynagas LNG Partners' net margin of 21.27%. Ardmore Shipping's return on equity of 23.63% beat Dynagas LNG Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dynagas LNG Partners	21.27%	11.77%	4.30%
Ardmore Shipping	36.22%	23.63%	19.42%

Summary

Ardmore Shipping beats Dynagas LNG Partners on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.