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HSHP vs. GSL, AZUL, ULH, UP, GNK, VLRS, CVLG, SNCY, LIND, and FIP

Should you be buying Himalaya Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Himalaya Shipping include Global Ship Lease (GSL), 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.

Himalaya Shipping vs.

Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) and Himalaya Shipping (NYSE:HSHP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Global Ship Lease has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Himalaya Shipping has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Global Ship Lease has higher revenue and earnings than Himalaya Shipping. Global Ship Lease is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Himalaya Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Global Ship Lease$705.53M1.02$304.50M$9.732.09
Himalaya Shipping$123.58M1.48$1.51M$0.489.57

Global Ship Lease received 161 more outperform votes than Himalaya Shipping when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.16% of users gave Global Ship Lease an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Himalaya Shipping an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Global Ship LeaseOutperform Votes
161
62.16%
Underperform Votes
98
37.84%
Himalaya ShippingOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
1
100.00%

50.1% of Global Ship Lease shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.3% of Himalaya Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of Global Ship Lease shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Global Ship Lease currently has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.73%. Given Global Ship Lease's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Global Ship Lease is more favorable than Himalaya Shipping.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Global Ship Lease
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
Himalaya Shipping
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

Global Ship Lease pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Himalaya Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Global Ship Lease pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Himalaya Shipping pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Global Ship Lease is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Global Ship Lease has a net margin of 46.38% compared to Himalaya Shipping's net margin of 17.03%. Global Ship Lease's return on equity of 27.88% beat Himalaya Shipping's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Global Ship Lease46.38% 27.88% 16.36%
Himalaya Shipping 17.03%13.36%2.49%

In the previous week, Global Ship Lease had 4 more articles in the media than Himalaya Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Global Ship Lease and 3 mentions for Himalaya Shipping. Global Ship Lease's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Himalaya Shipping's score of -0.14 indicating that Global Ship Lease is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Global Ship Lease
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Himalaya Shipping
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Global Ship Lease beats Himalaya Shipping on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HSHP vs. The Competition

MetricHimalaya ShippingDeep sea foreign transportation of freight IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$183.20M$675.51M$285.39B$18.52B
Dividend Yield3.59%6.39%4.27%4.22%
P/E Ratio9.575.1612.8031.15
Price / Sales1.481.08197.7325.69
Price / Cash18.264.0411.6917.53
Price / Book1.190.571.764.29
Net Income$1.51M$99.79M$544.29M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.11%0.61%-0.17%-0.79%
1 Month Performance-20.02%-11.64%-9.49%-6.88%
1 Year Performance-41.01%-26.86%-11.48%1.74%

Himalaya Shipping Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HSHP
Himalaya Shipping
0.9114 of 5 stars
$4.60
-3.5%
N/A-40.4%$183.20M$123.58M9.572Short Interest ↑
GSL
Global Ship Lease
3.9936 of 5 stars
$20.36
+2.6%
$28.00
+37.5%
-5.0%$721.70M$705.53M2.257Positive News
AZUL
Azul
1.4501 of 5 stars
$1.67
+12.1%
$5.36
+220.8%
-75.6%$704.02M$19.53B-0.2412,500
ULH
Universal Logistics
3.5737 of 5 stars
$26.42
+1.6%
$44.00
+66.5%
-21.7%$695.30M$1.85B5.358,000Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
UP
Wheels Up Experience
0.4296 of 5 stars
$0.79
-6.5%
N/A-69.6%$593.27M$792.10M-1.592,170Gap Up
GNK
Genco Shipping & Trading
4.423 of 5 stars
$12.77
-3.2%
$23.00
+80.1%
-39.5%$546.02M$423.02M7.301,010
VLRS
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación
2.1824 of 5 stars
$4.54
-3.4%
$12.88
+183.6%
-37.9%$529.36M$3.14B2.736,710Short Interest ↑
CVLG
Covenant Logistics Group
4.2566 of 5 stars
$19.39
+1.2%
$35.25
+81.8%
-15.8%$514.80M$1.13B14.974,610Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
SNCY
Sun Country Airlines
4.1491 of 5 stars
$9.68
-6.5%
$17.71
+83.0%
-29.2%$514.57M$1.08B10.192,510Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
LIND
Lindblad Expeditions
4.0117 of 5 stars
$8.18
+0.4%
$15.67
+91.5%
+7.6%$446.51M$644.73M-10.91720News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
FIP
FTAI Infrastructure
2.115 of 5 stars
$3.38
+3.0%
$11.50
+240.2%
-52.2%$385.12M$331.50M-1.71600Gap Up
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This page (NYSE:HSHP) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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