Navios Maritime Partners (NMM) Competitors

Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM) and Plains GP (NYSE:PAGP) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NMM or PAGP?

Plains GP received 84 more outperform votes than Navios Maritime Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.90% of users gave Navios Maritime Partners an outperform vote while only 57.29% of users gave Plains GP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Navios Maritime Partners	Outperform Votes 352 60.90%	Underperform Votes 226 39.10%
Plains GP	Outperform Votes 436 57.29%	Underperform Votes 325 42.71%

Do analysts rate NMM or PAGP?

Navios Maritime Partners currently has a consensus target price of $80.00, indicating a potential upside of 96.73%. Plains GP has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.37%. Given Navios Maritime Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Navios Maritime Partners is more favorable than Plains GP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Navios Maritime Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Plains GP	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has more volatility & risk, NMM or PAGP?

Navios Maritime Partners has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plains GP has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NMM or PAGP a better dividend stock?

Navios Maritime Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Plains GP pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Navios Maritime Partners pays out 1.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Plains GP pays out 286.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NMM or PAGP?

62.7% of Navios Maritime Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of Plains GP shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of Plains GP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, NMM or PAGP?

Navios Maritime Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Plains GP. Navios Maritime Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plains GP, 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
Navios Maritime Partners	$1.33B	0.92	$367.31M	$11.99	3.39
Plains GP	$50.07B	0.08	$103M	$0.53	40.58

Is NMM or PAGP more profitable?

Navios Maritime Partners has a net margin of 27.53% compared to Plains GP's net margin of 0.21%. Navios Maritime Partners' return on equity of 11.64% beat Plains GP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Navios Maritime Partners	27.53%	11.64%	6.36%
Plains GP	0.21%	0.70%	0.36%

Does the media favor NMM or PAGP?

In the previous week, Plains GP had 3 more articles in the media than Navios Maritime Partners. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Plains GP and 2 mentions for Navios Maritime Partners. Plains GP's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Navios Maritime Partners' score of 0.80 indicating that Plains GP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Navios Maritime Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Plains GP	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Navios Maritime Partners beats Plains GP on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.