KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP) Competitors

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

Does the media favor ULH or KNOP?

In the previous week, Universal Logistics and Universal Logistics both had 2 articles in the media. KNOT Offshore Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Universal Logistics' score of -0.52 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
Universal Logistics	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
KNOT Offshore Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ULH or KNOP a better dividend stock?

Universal Logistics pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. KNOT Offshore Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Universal Logistics pays out 8.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KNOT Offshore Partners pays out -23.3% 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. KNOT Offshore Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

25.5% of Universal Logistics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of KNOT Offshore Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 73.4% of Universal Logistics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ULH or KNOP?

Universal Logistics has higher revenue and earnings than KNOT Offshore Partners. KNOT Offshore Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Logistics, 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
Universal Logistics	$1.85B	0.39	$129.91M	$4.94	5.59
KNOT Offshore Partners	$290.72M	0.64	-$33.57M	-$0.43	-12.60

Which has more volatility & risk, ULH or KNOP?

Universal Logistics has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KNOT Offshore Partners has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ULH or KNOP?

KNOT Offshore Partners received 46 more outperform votes than Universal Logistics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.33% of users gave KNOT Offshore Partners an outperform vote while only 59.34% of users gave Universal Logistics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Universal Logistics	Outperform Votes 270 59.34%	Underperform Votes 185 40.66%
KNOT Offshore Partners	Outperform Votes 316 63.33%	Underperform Votes 183 36.67%

Is ULH or KNOP more profitable?

Universal Logistics has a net margin of 7.04% compared to KNOT Offshore Partners' net margin of -4.82%. Universal Logistics' return on equity of 21.37% beat KNOT Offshore Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Universal Logistics	7.04%	21.37%	8.83%
KNOT Offshore Partners	-4.82%	-0.29%	-0.10%

Do analysts recommend ULH or KNOP?

Universal Logistics presently has a consensus target price of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 59.48%. Given Universal Logistics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Universal Logistics is more favorable than KNOT Offshore Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Universal Logistics	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
KNOT Offshore Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Universal Logistics beats KNOT Offshore Partners on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.