KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer CVLG or KNOP?

Covenant Logistics Group currently has a consensus target price of $69.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.49%. Given Covenant Logistics Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Covenant Logistics Group is more favorable than KNOT Offshore Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Covenant Logistics Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
KNOT Offshore Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has better valuation and earnings, CVLG or KNOP?

Covenant Logistics Group has higher revenue and earnings than KNOT Offshore Partners. Covenant Logistics Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KNOT Offshore Partners, 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
Covenant Logistics Group	$1.13B	0.66	$55.23M	$3.04	18.66
KNOT Offshore Partners	$290.72M	0.73	-$33.57M	$0.05	124.00

Is CVLG or KNOP more profitable?

Covenant Logistics Group has a net margin of 3.72% compared to KNOT Offshore Partners' net margin of 0.66%. Covenant Logistics Group's return on equity of 13.43% beat KNOT Offshore Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Covenant Logistics Group	3.72%	13.43%	5.72%
KNOT Offshore Partners	0.66%	2.84%	0.95%

Which has more volatility & risk, CVLG or KNOP?

Covenant Logistics Group has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KNOT Offshore Partners has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CVLG or KNOP a better dividend stock?

Covenant Logistics Group pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. KNOT Offshore Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Covenant Logistics Group pays out 14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KNOT Offshore Partners pays out 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to CVLG or KNOP?

In the previous week, Covenant Logistics Group and Covenant Logistics Group both had 1 articles in the media. KNOT Offshore Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Covenant Logistics Group's score of -0.08 indicating that KNOT Offshore Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Covenant Logistics Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
KNOT Offshore Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CVLG or KNOP?

83.7% of Covenant Logistics Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of KNOT Offshore Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 36.5% of Covenant Logistics Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CVLG or KNOP?

KNOT Offshore Partners received 299 more outperform votes than Covenant Logistics Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.25% of users gave KNOT Offshore Partners an outperform vote while only 42.11% of users gave Covenant Logistics Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Covenant Logistics Group	Outperform Votes 16 42.11%	Underperform Votes 22 57.89%
KNOT Offshore Partners	Outperform Votes 315 63.25%	Underperform Votes 183 36.75%

Summary

Covenant Logistics Group beats KNOT Offshore Partners on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.