KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KNOP or SNCY?

KNOT Offshore Partners received 291 more outperform votes than Sun Country Airlines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.27% of users gave KNOT Offshore Partners an outperform vote while only 36.11% of users gave Sun Country Airlines an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
KNOT Offshore Partners	Outperform Votes 317 63.27%	Underperform Votes 184 36.73%
Sun Country Airlines	Outperform Votes 26 36.11%	Underperform Votes 46 63.89%

Do analysts recommend KNOP or SNCY?

Sun Country Airlines has a consensus price target of $19.29, suggesting a potential upside of 44.25%. Given Sun Country Airlines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sun Country Airlines 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
Sun Country Airlines	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

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

26.8% of KNOT Offshore Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Sun Country Airlines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, KNOP or SNCY?

Sun Country Airlines has higher revenue and earnings than KNOT Offshore Partners. Sun Country Airlines 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	0.73	-$33.57M	$0.41	16.49
Sun Country Airlines	$1.08B	0.66	$52.90M	$0.95	14.07

Is KNOP or SNCY more profitable?

Sun Country Airlines has a net margin of 4.92% compared to KNOT Offshore Partners' net margin of -4.82%. Sun Country Airlines' return on equity of 10.23% 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%
Sun Country Airlines	4.92%	10.23%	3.49%

Does the media refer more to KNOP or SNCY?

In the previous week, KNOT Offshore Partners had 7 more articles in the media than Sun Country Airlines. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for KNOT Offshore Partners and 7 mentions for Sun Country Airlines. Sun Country Airlines' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat KNOT Offshore Partners' score of 0.59 indicating that Sun Country Airlines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
KNOT Offshore Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sun Country Airlines	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, KNOP or SNCY?

KNOT Offshore Partners has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Country Airlines has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sun Country Airlines beats KNOT Offshore Partners on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.