KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP) Competitors

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

Is KNOP or LPG a better dividend stock?

KNOT Offshore Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Dorian LPG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. KNOT Offshore Partners pays out 24.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dorian LPG pays out 25.4% 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.

Is KNOP or LPG more profitable?

Dorian LPG has a net margin of 38.51% compared to KNOT Offshore Partners' net margin of -4.82%. Dorian LPG's return on equity of 15.14% 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%
Dorian LPG	38.51%	15.14%	8.76%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of KNOP or LPG?

26.8% of KNOT Offshore Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of Dorian LPG shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of Dorian LPG shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, KNOP or LPG?

Dorian LPG has higher revenue and earnings than KNOT Offshore Partners. Dorian LPG 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
KNOT Offshore Partners	$318.60M	0.69	-$33.57M	$0.41	15.60
Dorian LPG	$418.84M	2.12	$307.45M	$3.93	5.27

Which has more volatility and risk, KNOP or LPG?

KNOT Offshore Partners has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dorian LPG has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate KNOP or LPG?

Dorian LPG has a consensus target price of $43.50, suggesting a potential upside of 109.99%. Given Dorian LPG's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dorian LPG 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)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
Dorian LPG	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to KNOP or LPG?

In the previous week, Dorian LPG had 4 more articles in the media than KNOT Offshore Partners. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Dorian LPG and 0 mentions for KNOT Offshore Partners. Dorian LPG's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat KNOT Offshore Partners' score of 0.50 indicating that Dorian LPG is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
KNOT Offshore Partners	Positive
Dorian LPG	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KNOP or LPG?

KNOT Offshore Partners received 32 more outperform votes than Dorian LPG when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.75% of users gave Dorian LPG an outperform vote while only 63.35% of users gave KNOT Offshore Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
KNOT Offshore Partners	Outperform Votes 318 63.35%	Underperform Votes 184 36.65%
Dorian LPG	Outperform Votes 286 65.75%	Underperform Votes 149 34.25%

Summary

Dorian LPG beats KNOT Offshore Partners on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.