KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer KNOP or CVLG?

Covenant Logistics Group has a consensus target price of $69.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.80%. Given Covenant Logistics Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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
KNOT Offshore Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Covenant Logistics Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, KNOP or CVLG?

KNOT Offshore Partners has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Covenant Logistics Group has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, KNOP or CVLG?

Covenant Logistics Group has higher revenue and earnings than KNOT Offshore Partners. KNOT Offshore Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Covenant Logistics Group, 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	$300.37M	0.62	-$33.57M	-$0.43	-12.53
Covenant Logistics Group	$1.13B	0.64	$55.23M	$3.04	17.89

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KNOP or CVLG?

KNOT Offshore Partners received 300 more outperform votes than Covenant Logistics Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.33% 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
KNOT Offshore Partners	Outperform Votes 316 63.33%	Underperform Votes 183 36.67%
Covenant Logistics Group	Outperform Votes 16 42.11%	Underperform Votes 22 57.89%

Is KNOP or CVLG more profitable?

Covenant Logistics Group has a net margin of 3.72% compared to KNOT Offshore Partners' net margin of -4.82%. 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
KNOT Offshore Partners	-4.82%	-0.29%	-0.10%
Covenant Logistics Group	3.72%	13.43%	5.72%

Is KNOP or CVLG a better dividend stock?

KNOT Offshore Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Covenant Logistics Group pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. KNOT Offshore Partners pays out -23.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Covenant Logistics Group pays out 14.5% 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. KNOT Offshore Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in KNOP or CVLG?

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

Does the media favor KNOP or CVLG?

In the previous week, Covenant Logistics Group had 5 more articles in the media than KNOT Offshore Partners. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Covenant Logistics Group and 0 mentions for KNOT Offshore Partners. Covenant Logistics Group's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat KNOT Offshore Partners' score of 0.84 indicating that Covenant Logistics Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
KNOT Offshore Partners	Positive
Covenant Logistics Group	Positive

Summary

Covenant Logistics Group beats KNOT Offshore Partners on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.