Diana Shipping (DSX) Competitors $1.48 -0.01 (-0.67%) Closing price 04/25/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$1.50 +0.02 (+1.69%) As of 04/25/2025 07:27 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock DSX vs. ULCC, AZUL, ULH, UP, GNK, VLRS, CVLG, SNCY, LIND, and FIPShould you be buying Diana Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diana Shipping include Frontier Group (ULCC), Azul (AZUL), Universal Logistics (ULH), Wheels Up Experience (UP), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), Lindblad Expeditions (LIND), and FTAI Infrastructure (FIP). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry. Diana Shipping vs. Frontier Group Azul Universal Logistics Wheels Up Experience Genco Shipping & Trading Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación Covenant Logistics Group Sun Country Airlines Lindblad Expeditions FTAI Infrastructure Frontier Group (NASDAQ:ULCC) and Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation. Does the media prefer ULCC or DSX? In the previous week, Frontier Group had 6 more articles in the media than Diana Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Frontier Group and 1 mentions for Diana Shipping. Diana Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Frontier Group's score of 0.44 indicating that Diana Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Frontier Group 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Diana Shipping 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is ULCC or DSX more profitable? Diana Shipping has a net margin of 5.36% compared to Frontier Group's net margin of 2.25%. Frontier Group's return on equity of 9.83% beat Diana Shipping's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Frontier Group2.25% 9.83% 0.93% Diana Shipping 5.36%4.42%1.89% Do analysts prefer ULCC or DSX? Frontier Group presently has a consensus price target of $6.11, suggesting a potential upside of 89.20%. Diana Shipping has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 102.70%. Given Diana Shipping's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Diana Shipping is more favorable than Frontier Group.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Frontier Group 1 Sell rating(s) 9 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Diana Shipping 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Do institutionals and insiders believe in ULCC or DSX? 48.7% of Diana Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.0% of Frontier Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has better valuation and earnings, ULCC or DSX? Frontier Group has higher revenue and earnings than Diana Shipping. Diana Shipping is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontier Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioFrontier Group$3.78B0.19$85M$0.368.97Diana Shipping$228.21M0.81$49.84M-$0.01-148.00 Which has more risk & volatility, ULCC or DSX? Frontier Group has a beta of 2.52, suggesting that its share price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diana Shipping has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community favor ULCC or DSX? Diana Shipping received 299 more outperform votes than Frontier Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.34% of users gave Diana Shipping an outperform vote while only 35.34% of users gave Frontier Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformFrontier GroupOutperform Votes4735.34% Underperform Votes8664.66% Diana ShippingOutperform Votes34652.34% Underperform Votes31547.66% SummaryDiana Shipping beats Frontier Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Diana Shipping News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DSX and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart DSX vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricDiana ShippingDeep sea foreign transportation of freight IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$186.55M$723.65M$287.29B$18.91BDividend Yield2.74%6.13%4.17%4.13%P/E Ratio49.355.5613.1132.57Price / Sales0.811.18218.7128.52Price / Cash2.054.0411.5417.53Price / Book0.340.621.804.45Net Income$49.84M$99.79M$515.10M$1.02B7 Day Performance-0.34%4.66%3.48%3.48%1 Month Performance-13.20%-4.14%-3.57%-4.92%1 Year Performance-49.57%-25.27%-10.08%4.61% Diana Shipping Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)DSXDiana Shipping2.5418 of 5 stars$1.48-0.7%$3.00+102.7%-49.3%$186.55M$228.21M49.35820ULCCFrontier Group3.8867 of 5 stars$3.16-6.2%$6.11+93.4%-48.3%$718.10M$3.78B8.786,470Upcoming EarningsNews CoverageHigh Trading VolumeAZULAzul1.7034 of 5 stars$1.67+12.1%$5.36+220.8%-84.9%$704.02M$19.53B-0.2412,500Gap DownULHUniversal Logistics3.5508 of 5 stars$26.42+1.6%$44.00+66.5%-22.4%$695.30M$1.85B5.358,000Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementNews CoverageGap DownUPWheels Up Experience0.3009 of 5 stars$0.79-6.5%N/A-63.9%$554.77M$792.10M-1.592,170Upcoming EarningsNews CoverageGap DownGNKGenco Shipping & Trading4.3574 of 5 stars$12.77-3.2%$23.00+80.1%-39.4%$546.02M$423.02M7.301,010Analyst RevisionNews CoverageVLRSControladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación2.5237 of 5 stars$4.54-3.4%$12.88+183.6%-46.6%$529.36M$3.14B2.736,710Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageCVLGCovenant Logistics Group4.3595 of 5 stars$19.39+1.2%$35.25+81.8%-11.4%$514.80M$1.13B14.974,610Analyst ForecastNews CoverageGap DownSNCYSun Country Airlines4.2421 of 5 stars$9.68-6.5%$17.71+83.0%-33.4%$514.57M$1.08B10.192,510Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsLINDLindblad Expeditions4.2034 of 5 stars$8.18+0.4%$15.67+91.5%+21.3%$446.51M$644.73M-10.91720Insider TradeNews CoverageFIPFTAI Infrastructure1.626 of 5 stars$3.38+3.0%$11.50+240.2%-41.2%$385.12M$331.50M-1.71600Analyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Frontier Group Alternatives Azul Alternatives Universal Logistics Alternatives Wheels Up Experience Alternatives Genco Shipping & Trading Alternatives Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación Alternatives Covenant Logistics Group Alternatives Sun Country Airlines Alternatives Lindblad Expeditions Alternatives FTAI Infrastructure Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:DSX) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersURGENT: Someone's Moving Gold Out of London...People who don’t understand the gold market are about to lose a lot of money. 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