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DSX vs. SNCY, AZUL, GSL, ULH, FIP, LIND, CVLG, GNK, FLX, and ASC

Should you be buying Diana Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diana Shipping include Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), Azul (AZUL), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Universal Logistics (ULH), FTAI Infrastructure (FIP), Lindblad Expeditions (LIND), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), BingEx (FLX), and Ardmore Shipping (ASC). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Diana Shipping vs.

Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) and Sun Country Airlines (NASDAQ:SNCY) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Diana Shipping presently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 63.49%. Sun Country Airlines has a consensus price target of $19.29, indicating a potential upside of 15.28%. Given Diana Shipping's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Diana Shipping is more favorable than Sun Country Airlines.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Diana Shipping
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Sun Country Airlines
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Sun Country Airlines has higher revenue and earnings than Diana Shipping. Sun Country Airlines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diana Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Diana Shipping$262.10M0.88$49.84M$0.0361.19
Sun Country Airlines$1.08B0.83$52.90M$0.9517.61

Diana Shipping has a net margin of 5.36% compared to Sun Country Airlines' net margin of 4.92%. Sun Country Airlines' return on equity of 10.23% beat Diana Shipping's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Diana Shipping5.36% 4.42% 1.89%
Sun Country Airlines 4.92%10.23%3.49%

48.7% of Diana Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Sun Country Airlines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Diana Shipping had 2 more articles in the media than Sun Country Airlines. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Diana Shipping and 3 mentions for Sun Country Airlines. Diana Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Sun Country Airlines' score of 0.41 indicating that Diana Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Diana Shipping
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Sun Country Airlines
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Diana Shipping received 320 more outperform votes than Sun Country Airlines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.34% of users gave Diana Shipping an outperform vote while only 36.11% of users gave Sun Country Airlines an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Diana ShippingOutperform Votes
346
52.34%
Underperform Votes
315
47.66%
Sun Country AirlinesOutperform Votes
26
36.11%
Underperform Votes
46
63.89%

Diana Shipping has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Country Airlines has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Diana Shipping and Sun Country Airlines tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DSX vs. The Competition

MetricDiana ShippingDeep sea foreign transportation of freight IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$229.65M$781.92M$305.06B$20.05B
Dividend Yield2.19%6.78%4.25%3.65%
P/E Ratio61.195.4613.2934.88
Price / Sales0.881.4655.4115.44
Price / Cash2.024.0812.4720.85
Price / Book0.420.712.034.92
Net Income$49.84M$94.90M$552.84M$1.02B
7 Day PerformanceN/A-2.15%-2.28%-1.05%
1 Month Performance1.66%-3.65%-2.88%-1.39%
1 Year Performance-37.16%-2.31%2.45%13.93%

Diana Shipping Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DSX
Diana Shipping
2.2848 of 5 stars
$1.84
-0.8%
$3.00
+63.5%
-37.2%$229.65M$262.10M61.191,018Upcoming Earnings
SNCY
Sun Country Airlines
2.5638 of 5 stars
$17.28
+3.8%
$19.29
+11.6%
+8.8%$914.80M$1.08B18.192,783
AZUL
Azul
1.6338 of 5 stars
$1.99
+3.4%
$5.40
+172.0%
-74.9%$836.82M$3.74B-0.2816,017
GSL
Global Ship Lease
3.623 of 5 stars
$22.63
+0.6%
$28.00
+23.8%
+13.3%$834.00M$701.48M2.517News Coverage
ULH
Universal Logistics
4.2089 of 5 stars
$30.44
+6.8%
$44.00
+44.5%
-14.9%$801.18M$1.85B6.169,311High Trading Volume
FIP
FTAI Infrastructure
2.0974 of 5 stars
$6.52
+1.4%
$11.50
+76.4%
+39.9%$741.65M$320.47M-3.29600Upcoming Earnings
LIND
Lindblad Expeditions
4.0412 of 5 stars
$13.20
+4.8%
$14.25
+8.0%
+24.1%$719.40M$569.54M-17.60720
CVLG
Covenant Logistics Group
4.5298 of 5 stars
$26.93
+1.0%
$35.25
+30.9%
-1.4%$709.74M$1.13B20.794,600Dividend Increase
GNK
Genco Shipping & Trading
4.1174 of 5 stars
$14.62
0.0%
$24.20
+65.6%
-22.0%$624.98M$383.83M9.311,010Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
FLX
BingEx
N/A$8.70
-2.1%
N/AN/A$617.87M$623.19M0.001,033Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
ASC
Ardmore Shipping
4.6829 of 5 stars
$10.43
-2.7%
$18.00
+72.6%
-37.9%$436.27M$395.98M2.92990

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This page (NYSE:DSX) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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