DLNG vs. GNK, FLX, ASC, CLCO, SB, PANL, PAMT, BLDE, PAL, and FLYX
Should you be buying Dynagas LNG Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dynagas LNG Partners include Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), BingEx (FLX), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Cool (CLCO), Safe Bulkers (SB), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), Pamt (PAMT), Blade Air Mobility (BLDE), Proficient Auto Logistics (PAL), and flyExclusive (FLYX). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Dynagas LNG Partners vs.
Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE:GNK) and Dynagas LNG Partners (NYSE:DLNG) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Genco Shipping & Trading pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Dynagas LNG Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Genco Shipping & Trading pays out 91.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Dynagas LNG Partners pays out 20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
58.6% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Dynagas LNG Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Genco Shipping & Trading. Dynagas LNG Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genco Shipping & Trading, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dynagas LNG Partners received 63 more outperform votes than Genco Shipping & Trading when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.07% of users gave Dynagas LNG Partners an outperform vote while only 61.90% of users gave Genco Shipping & Trading an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Genco Shipping & Trading had 14 more articles in the media than Dynagas LNG Partners. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Genco Shipping & Trading and 2 mentions for Dynagas LNG Partners. Dynagas LNG Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Genco Shipping & Trading's score of 0.05 indicating that Dynagas LNG Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Genco Shipping & Trading has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dynagas LNG Partners has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dynagas LNG Partners has a net margin of 31.63% compared to Genco Shipping & Trading's net margin of 18.06%. Dynagas LNG Partners' return on equity of 14.73% beat Genco Shipping & Trading's return on equity.
Genco Shipping & Trading presently has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 62.51%. Given Genco Shipping & Trading's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Genco Shipping & Trading is more favorable than Dynagas LNG Partners.
Summary
Genco Shipping & Trading beats Dynagas LNG Partners on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DLNG) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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