DSX vs. FIP, AZUL, SNCY, GSL, CVLG, LIND, GNK, ASC, CLCO, and SB
Should you be buying Diana Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diana Shipping include FTAI Infrastructure (FIP), Azul (AZUL), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), Lindblad Expeditions (LIND), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Cool (CLCO), and Safe Bulkers (SB). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Diana Shipping vs.
FTAI Infrastructure (NASDAQ:FIP) and Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
87.4% of FTAI Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.7% of Diana Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of FTAI Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FTAI Infrastructure has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diana Shipping has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, FTAI Infrastructure and FTAI Infrastructure both had 3 articles in the media. FTAI Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Diana Shipping's score of -0.14 indicating that FTAI Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FTAI Infrastructure currently has a consensus target price of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 54.57%. Diana Shipping has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 62.60%. Given Diana Shipping's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Diana Shipping is more favorable than FTAI Infrastructure.
Diana Shipping has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FTAI Infrastructure. FTAI Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diana Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FTAI Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Diana Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. FTAI Infrastructure pays out -6.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diana Shipping pays out 133.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Diana Shipping has a net margin of 5.36% compared to FTAI Infrastructure's net margin of -44.32%. Diana Shipping's return on equity of 4.42% beat FTAI Infrastructure's return on equity.
Diana Shipping received 340 more outperform votes than FTAI Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave FTAI Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 52.34% of users gave Diana Shipping an outperform vote.
Summary
FTAI Infrastructure beats Diana Shipping on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DSX) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
