GNK vs. ARCB, DKL, ZIM, CMBT, ULCC, TRMD, INSW, DHT, BWLP, and DAC
Should you be buying Genco Shipping & Trading stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genco Shipping & Trading include ArcBest (ARCB), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Euronav (CMBT), Frontier Group (ULCC), TORM (TRMD), International Seaways (INSW), DHT (DHT), BW LPG (BWLP), and Danaos (DAC). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Genco Shipping & Trading vs.
Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE:GNK) and ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, ArcBest had 17 more articles in the media than Genco Shipping & Trading. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for ArcBest and 7 mentions for Genco Shipping & Trading. ArcBest's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Genco Shipping & Trading's score of -0.14 indicating that ArcBest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Genco Shipping & Trading pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Genco Shipping & Trading pays out 101.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ArcBest pays out 5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
58.6% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of ArcBest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ArcBest has higher revenue and earnings than Genco Shipping & Trading. Genco Shipping & Trading is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ArcBest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Genco Shipping & Trading has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcBest has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ArcBest received 124 more outperform votes than Genco Shipping & Trading when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.83% of users gave Genco Shipping & Trading an outperform vote while only 52.96% of users gave ArcBest an outperform vote.
Genco Shipping & Trading has a net margin of 15.63% compared to ArcBest's net margin of 4.54%. ArcBest's return on equity of 14.27% beat Genco Shipping & Trading's return on equity.
Genco Shipping & Trading presently has a consensus target price of $24.20, suggesting a potential upside of 67.36%. ArcBest has a consensus target price of $122.91, suggesting a potential upside of 28.55%. Given Genco Shipping & Trading's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Genco Shipping & Trading is more favorable than ArcBest.
Summary
ArcBest beats Genco Shipping & Trading on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GNK) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
