KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, KNOP or GSL?

KNOT Offshore Partners has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Ship Lease has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KNOP or GSL more profitable?

Global Ship Lease has a net margin of 46.38% compared to KNOT Offshore Partners' net margin of -4.82%. Global Ship Lease's return on equity of 27.88% beat KNOT Offshore Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KNOT Offshore Partners	-4.82%	-0.29%	-0.10%
Global Ship Lease	46.38%	27.88%	16.36%

Do analysts recommend KNOP or GSL?

Global Ship Lease has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.92%. Given Global Ship Lease's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Global Ship Lease is more favorable than KNOT Offshore Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KNOT Offshore Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Global Ship Lease	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, KNOP or GSL?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
KNOT Offshore Partners	$290.72M	0.70	-$33.57M	-$0.43	-13.83
Global Ship Lease	$674.79M	1.17	$304.50M	$9.03	2.37

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of KNOP or GSL?

26.8% of KNOT Offshore Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of Global Ship Lease shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer KNOP or GSL?

In the previous week, Global Ship Lease's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat KNOT Offshore Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Global Ship Lease is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
KNOT Offshore Partners	Neutral
Global Ship Lease	Positive

Is KNOP or GSL a better dividend stock?

KNOT Offshore Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Global Ship Lease pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. KNOT Offshore Partners pays out -23.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Ship Lease pays out 19.9% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KNOP or GSL?

KNOT Offshore Partners received 159 more outperform votes than Global Ship Lease when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.33% of users gave KNOT Offshore Partners an outperform vote while only 61.57% of users gave Global Ship Lease an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
KNOT Offshore Partners	Outperform Votes 316 63.33%	Underperform Votes 183 36.67%
Global Ship Lease	Outperform Votes 157 61.57%	Underperform Votes 98 38.43%

Summary

Global Ship Lease beats KNOT Offshore Partners on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.